Design Principles for Accelerating Student Learning with High-Impact Tutoring (updated June 2024)
Category: Student Learning
Instrument Overview
The Instructional Quality Assessment (IQA) is a classroom observation instrument that rates the nature and quality of classroom instruction by considering students‘ opportunities to engage in cognitively demanding mathematical work and discussions. The IQA uses the following elements to assess instruction: potential of the task, task implementation, rigor of the discussion, teacher‘s questions, and accountable talk.
Organization
Collection Category(ies)
American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.
Content
Grades
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Keywords
Schooling ; Teaching ; Classroom Instruction
Languages
English
Respondent
Observer
Administration Information
Length
10 items
Access and Use
Contact
Melissa Boston, bostonm@duq.edu
Open Access
No
Use in Research
Boston, M. D., & Smith, M. S. (2009). Transforming secondary mathematics teaching: Increasing the cognitive demands of instructional tasks used in teachers' classrooms. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 40(2), 119-156. https://doi.org/10.2307/40539329 Boston, M. D., & Wilhelm, A. G. (2017). Middle school mathematics instruction in instructionally focused urban districts. Urban Education, 52(7), 829-861. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085915574528
Setting
Classroom
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Boston, M. (2012). Assessing instructional quality in mathematics. The Elementary School Journal, 113(1), 76-104. https://doi.org/10.1086/666387
