Describes the type of learning time provided through the organization's products/services during the reporting period.
Choose all that apply (see usage guidance for definitions):
Organizations should footnote all assumptions used.
This metric is intended to capture the type of learning time provided through the organization's products or services.
School time is the total amount of time spent in school.
Instructional time is the portion of classroom time devoted to the teaching and learning of curricular subjects.
Engaged time (also known as time-on-task) refers to the portion of time during which students are paying attention to a learning task and attempting to learn.
Supportive learning time, which is particularly important in early childhood, refers to time spent actively engaging with a caretaker who makes sense of and validates their learning (also known as “serve and return”). For more information on supportive learning time, see Harvard University's Center for the Developing Child (https://developingchild.harvard.edu/science/key-concepts/serve-and-return/).
This metric may be used to disaggregate Learning Hours (PI1836), quantifying the types of learning time provided to students and children.
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revision to metric name, definition, and usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
New metric. Learning Hours Provided Type (PD9173) was developed via the IRIS+ Education Expert Subgroup.
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