- enacted curriculum
- enacted instruction
- alignment to standards
- levels of cognitive rigor
- potential grade inflation
- classroom time usage
- teaching strategies
- custom issues
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Sapphire: Data-driven Classroom Observation
Using our own Sapphire FX software technology, professional field consultants of The Standards Company LLC observe classrooms and measure important instructional processes.
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Note: Both research-based teaching strategies and classroom timings can be performed simultaneously at a nominal additional cost.
The Sapphire Advantage
Reports feature a blend of narrative discussion, data tables, and colorful visuals.
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Uses Sapphire FX cutting-edge software technology to provide precise results
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Smoothly incorporates the difficult problem of partial class engagement
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Not limited to any geographical region
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Unobtrusive observation by friendly, professional staff
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Short turn-around time
We can customize Sapphire services to fit your needs!
Research-based teaching strategies
Are your teachers using the strategies they were trained to employ? Sapphire can tell you if teachers are employing the following in their instruction:
- questioning strategies
- cognitive rigor
- cognitive strategies
- communication strategies
- custom data points
Classroom time usage
What portion of a typical classroom period are your students academically engaged? 50%? 60%? Not sure? Sapphire can tell you.
- academic engagement time (time-on-task)
- preponderance of lesson components
- most prominent sources of disengagement
- custom data points
Curriculum audits
Does your district need a review of its entire curriculum and instruction delivery processes? Our Diamond reports combine a host of Ruby and Sapphire services to provide a wide-angle analysis of your district's curriculum and instruction, from its inception to its delivery. (more info)
Project Scopes
Professional learning communities
Teaching of 21st-century skills
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)