Step 01 of the cycle · Diagnose

Assessments & SoftwareName the skills behind the gap before anyone coaches them.

Four research-validated diagnostics, each reading a different layer of your district: the classroom, the school community, the coach and the coaching program. GroweLab carries what they find into the plan and the coaching, and tracks each teacher’s classroom practice as it improves.

Find where to start See the four diagnostics
The coaching program Coaching System Assessment The whole system The coach Coaching Effectiveness Assessment Coaches, and leaders who coach The school community The Data Triangle Students, staff and families The classroom The Tripod 7Cs Assessment Students Where it connects GroweLab
The four diagnostics

Four instruments, one for each layer of the gap.

A student-outcome gap is never one thing. It lives in what happens in classrooms, in how a school community experiences its schools, in how well coaches coach, and in whether the coaching system supports them. Each diagnostic measures one of those layers, with a named research base behind it.

The classroom

The Tripod 7Cs Assessment

AnswersWhat do students experience in each classroom, and which teaching practice should coaching aim at first?

Who responds
Students, K-12
Research base
Harvard, 2001 · Gates Foundation MET study
What you receive
  • Teacher reports across seven coachable components
  • Leader and district trends across schools and student groups
  • Benchmarks against national norms
250,000 classrooms and 3,000+ teachers in its MET study validation
The school community

The Data Triangle

AnswersWhere do students, staff and families agree about a school, and where do they diverge?

Who responds
Students in grades 3-12, staff and families
Research base
Survey items psychometrically tested
What you receive
  • Three aligned surveys on four shared areas: instructional support; student learning and engagement; school culture and safety; well-being and community partnership
  • Side-by-side comparison of the three groups
  • Results that feed strategic planning and school improvement
Multilingual available in Spanish and additional languages, so every family can answer
The coach

The Coaching Effectiveness Assessment

AnswersIs our coaching working, and which coaching actions should each coach grow?

Who responds
Instructional coaches, and the leaders who coach
Research base
Rutgers University · Arizona State University
What you receive
  • Coaches measured against six essential coaching actions
  • Five tools, from rating scales and an observation record to on-demand feedback reports
  • An optional 12-week coach certification pathway accredited by the International Coaching Federation
10 years of peer-reviewed research and five large-scale studies behind it
“engage2learn was the only coaching organization we found that was already aligned to our research.”
Dr. Linda Reddy, Associate Dean of Research, Rutgers University · research partner
The coaching program

The Coaching System Assessment

AnswersWhich parts of our coaching system are holding coaching back?

Who responds
The district’s coaching program: its leaders, structures and routines
Research base
Jim Knight’s Seven Success Factors
What you receive
  • A gap analysis against partnership, communication, leadership, the coaching process, data, the instructional playbook and system support
  • The factors to work on first, named plainly
  • A direct path into the Coaching System Design
30 years of Jim Knight’s research, begun in 1996, with more than 150,000 instructional coaches
Where to start

Bring us your question, and we’ll match the diagnostic to it.

Our most impactful partnerships begin with one assessment. It names the skills everything after it is built around, and the next turn of the cycle adds the others as the questions change.

  1. If you’re thinkingWhich teaching practices should our coaches focus on? Start withThe Tripod 7Cs Assessment
  2. If you’re thinkingWe are writing a strategic plan and need every voice in it. Start withThe Data Triangle
  3. If you’re thinkingWe invest heavily in coaching. Is it working? Start withThe Coaching Effectiveness Assessment
  4. If you’re thinkingOur coaching program exists, but practice is not changing. Start withThe Coaching System Assessment
  5. If you’re thinkingWe can see the gap, but not where it starts. Start withA conversation. We’ll recommend the first assessment.
Start the conversation
The software

Where what you found becomes what you can see.

An assessment names the skills, and the software keeps them in view: in the plan, in every coaching log and walkthrough, and in the report a board reads at the end of the year.

For leaders, coaches and teachers

GroweLab

The platform where the dots connect, so a leader sees which skills moved in which schools as classroom practice improves.

  • Professional learning management and educator transcripts
  • Walkthroughs and observations, rated by level of implementation rather than yes or no
  • Coaching and support logs
  • Implementation and strategic-plan tracking
  • A resource library and reporting across the whole cycle

Its AI drafts feedback inside observation forms and coaching logs, calibrated on vetted instructional practice by experienced coaches and kept under human review.

3 to 6other professional learning tools replaced by one platform
Skill growth, by schoolIllustrative
Elementary school A
Middle school B
High school C
Focus skill: Clarify · Five checkpoints
For students

ReadyLab

Makes your Portrait of a Graduate measurable. Students learn the durable, employability skills it names, demonstrate them with authentic evidence, and earn credential-quality badges they can share.

  1. Learn the skill
  2. Demonstrate it with real work
  3. Earn a shareable badge

Skill reports align to Perkins V and CCMR indicators, so readiness is something a district can show.

84%of employers say new hires are unprepared for the workforce (US Chamber of Commerce and College Board, 2025)
What happens next

A diagnosis is where a partnership begins.

engage2learn is the only partner offering both validated diagnostic assessments and coaching with public ESSA evidence. What the assessment names becomes the design of the plan and the target of the coaching, inside your schools, this year.

  1. You are here 01

    Diagnose

    Research-validated assessments pinpoint the educator skills behind the gap, by school.

    Assessments & Software
  2. 02

    Design

    The plan is built around exactly those skills, and tracked as it runs.

    Planning & Design
  3. 03

    Coach

    Former district practitioners coach exactly those skills, inside your schools.

    Performance Improvement
  4. 04

    Connect to community

    Leaders work the same problems with peers, and the cycle turns again.

    Network & Events
ESSA Tier 2 / Tier 3 evidence for engage2learn’s coaching
99% teacher retention among 1,440+ engage2learn-coached teachers, first-year partner results
See how the whole cycle runs
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FAQ

Questions leaders ask.

What assessments does engage2learn offer?

engage2learn offers four diagnostics: the Tripod 7Cs Assessment, in which students rate their own classroom; the Data Triangle, which asks students, staff and families the same questions; the Coaching Effectiveness Assessment, which measures coaches against six essential coaching actions; and the Coaching System Assessment, which assesses the coaching program against Jim Knight’s Seven Success Factors.

Which assessment should a district start with?

Start with the question you need answered. To aim coaching at specific teaching practices, start with the Tripod 7Cs Assessment; to bring every voice into a strategic plan, the Data Triangle; to find out whether coaching is working, the Coaching Effectiveness Assessment; to see why a coaching program is not changing practice, the Coaching System Assessment. Most partnerships begin with one short assessment, not a pilot. A district can also begin elsewhere in the cycle, with a plan, coaching or the Network, and add an assessment later.

Do these assessments judge individual teachers?

No. They assess the system behind a student-outcome gap and the specific skills that would move it. Teacher-level results are written to open a coaching conversation, not to hand down a score.

Can the assessments be used together?

Yes. Each measures a different layer, the classroom, the school community, the coach and the coaching program, so districts often add a second as the next question arrives.

What is GroweLab?

GroweLab is engage2learn’s platform for professional learning management, walkthroughs and observations, coaching logs, implementation and strategic-plan tracking, a resource library and reporting. It replaces 3 to 6 other professional learning tools, and its AI drafts feedback under human review.

What is ReadyLab?

ReadyLab is engage2learn’s student-facing platform for measuring a district’s Portrait of a Graduate: the durable, employability skills it has named. Students learn each skill, demonstrate it with authentic evidence and earn credential-quality badges, with skill reports aligned to Perkins V and CCMR indicators.

Are the surveys available in Spanish?

Yes. The Data Triangle is available in Spanish and additional languages, so families can take part in the language they read best.

How do districts fund engage2learn assessments?

Districts commonly use Title I needs-assessment and family-engagement funds, Title II, Part A teacher-development funds, school-improvement and strategic-planning budgets and, in Texas, the Teacher Incentive Allotment. ReadyLab is often funded through Perkins V and CCMR budgets.

Start here

One assessment. Then everything aims at it.

Tell us the question your district is asking, and we’ll recommend the first assessment to answer it.

Start with an assessment See how a partnership works
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