What he does, and where the framework comes from

Out of that work has come a framework – built in real schools, sharpened over decades – for turning everyday classroom evidence into a signal a whole system can act on. It rests on four ideas: a learning signal a teacher and a student can both see; an interpretation the adults in the building hold the same way; a mastery continuum that asks where the student is, not just what the student scored; and normalized growth, a research-based measure that finally separates “did this student grow?” from “is this student ahead?” The framework has helped schools move from failing grades to nearly perfect performance in a single year across four states. Dr. B has studied at top universities in the USA, UK, and India, and his current company, iLearn, is where the framework keeps getting refined, tested, and put to work. See his one-page Résumé.

 

Scale, partners, and the throughline

Dr. B has worked with some of the largest school systems in the United States. More than 385,000 students have been touched by the practices he and the teams he has supported have built – practices that begin with a teacher reading a single student honestly and end with a board, a superintendent, a state, and a family all reading the same growth in the same language. He works closely with students, families, classroom teachers, school and district leaders, boards, community partners, higher-education and career-pathway partners, and state agencies – the nine groups whose decisions, taken together, are what a school system is. Through iLearn, Dr. B continues the work that has defined his career: making sure the signal of a student’s learning is clear enough, early enough, and shared widely enough that the system can act on it before another year is lost.