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Opportunity to Learn Analysis

Opportunity to learn (OTL) analysis measures the degree to which students are actually taught the content on which they are assessed, and relates that exposure to their achievement. Rooted in Carroll's 1963 model of school learning and developed as both a research concept and a policy instrument by McDonnell (1995) and the international IEA assessments, it treats content coverage, instructional time, and the alignment between the enacted curriculum and the tested curriculum as measurable conditions of learning rather than properties of the learner.

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Opportunity to Learn (OTL) Measurement and Analysis
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / education
  • McDonnell, L. M. (1995). Opportunity to learn as a research concept and a policy instrument. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 17(3), 305–322. · DOI 10.3102/01623737017003305
  • Carroll, J. B. (1963). A model of school learning. Teachers College Record, 64(8), 723–733. · DOI 10.1177/016146816306400801
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