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Student Voice as Data: Measuring Instructional Effectiveness Through Media-Based Design and Teacher-Facing AI Tools (106680)
Thursday, 16 April 2026 16:00
Session: Conference Poster Session
Room: Room 151B (1F)
Presentation Type: Poster Presentation
This design-based, mixed-methods project merges education, media, and artificial intelligence by treating student voice as a non-negotiable design requirement for instructional improvement. Our Student Voice through Rubrics framework was derived from Season 1 recordings of a five-episode teaching competition show in which students used structured rubrics to evaluate pedagogical choices and select each episode’s winning teacher. We analyzed recurring themes across all five winners and distilled them into five student agency tenets: 1) Building community, 2) Listen to learn, 3) Intentional lesson design, 4) Data, and 5) Affirmation and praise.
Preliminary findings from Los Angeles show the framework is actionable.
At two K–5 sites, math and special education facilitators partnered with a focus group of third grade teachers to implement the five tenets through planning, instruction, and reflection cycles. One site experienced a 20 percent increase in statewide math performance after support aligned to the framework. The second site improved its accountability performance tier, moving beyond low-performing status. We shared these results nationally as a proven model for measuring instructional effectiveness through student-generated evidence.
Season 2 expands the work with demographics shifting by location and age. The testing instrument remains the reality-competition set, producing four episodes with 60 BIPOC middle school students trained to calibrate scoring and explain engagement, preferences, and access needs. Mixed methods include rubric ratings, focus groups, teacher implementation evidence, and iterative design memos, followed by translation into a teacher-facing AI application that generates immediate teacher coaching.
Authors:
Qiana O'Leary, Minty Educational Services, LLC, United States
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Qiana O'Leary is a Business Owner/Executive at Minty Educational Services, LLC in United States
Connect on Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-qiana-o-04k81/
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