The studies in the special series focus on the measurement of teacher practices and approaches for facilitating and evaluating school personnel’s use of data to inform instructional decisions that promote student achievement. In this commentary, the importance of conducting research on professional development and coaching is highlighted. The need to consider a broader framework within which professional development and coaching are contextualized and directions for future research are discussed.

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专业发展与辅导：解决教育研究中的“最后一英里”问题

特别系列中的研究侧重于测量教师的实践和方法，以促进和评估学校人员使用数据来为促进学生成绩的教学决策提供信息。在这篇评论中，强调了对专业发展和辅导进行研究的重要性。需要考虑一个更广泛的框架，在该框架内将专业发展和辅导置于背景下，并讨论未来研究的方向。