Teachers Visualize Better Learning in Puerto Rico

Although schools in Puerto Rico have shut down amid the COVID-19 pandemic, work to improve the classroom experience has continued.

“Our job is to help students succeed,” says Daisy Hernández González, assessment director for the Puerto Rico Department of Education (DEPR).

To support school improvement across the island, Hernández González is working with EDC to lead an initiative to train data coaches, who help K–12 educators use data to inform classroom practices. As part of the Puerto Rico Research Partnership to Promote the Use of Education Data, Hernández González and a team of data coaches receive ongoing training and guidance from REL Northeast & Islands at EDC…………………………………………………………….