O'Day, JenniferGoertz, Margaret EFloden, Robert E.2023-05-222023-05-221995-12-012015-09-02https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/8324Discussions of capacity should be broadened to include factors such as the relationships between individual, or teacher, capacity and the abilities of schools, and districts to accomplish standards-based, or systemic, reform. This brief provides a framework for thinking about capacity and suggests ways that systemic reform strategies could help increase capacity. It also describes how two such strategies - professional development and state assessment - were used to enhance educational capacity in states examined by CPRE.Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and ResearchEducational MethodsTeacher Education and Professional DevelopmentBrief