Education

This webinar will highlight a REL West resource to identify teacher professional learning needs to support evidence-based English learner instruction for elementary grade students.This webinar will highlight a REL West resource to identify teacher professional learning needs to support evidence-based English learner instruction for elementary grade students. Read More

REL Southwest examined the extent to which the Louisiana Believe and Prepare educator preparation reform is contributing to expected improvement in the outcomes for early career teachers using data from eight cohorts of teacher candidates who completed a traditional undergraduate teacher preparation program between 2012/13 and 2019/20.REL Southwest examined the extent to which the Louisiana

In Arkansas, REL Southwest studied the effectiveness of using emails and text messages to increase the number of parents or guardians of elementary school children visiting a state literacy website.In Arkansas, REL Southwest studied the effectiveness of using emails and text messages to increase the number of parents or guardians of elementary school children visiting

This white paper describes a way to improve school accountability metrics by reducing measurement error, which can obscure school performance, especially in small schools or subgroups. This approach, called Bayesian hierarchical modeling, can help states target the schools and subgroups that most need additional support.This white paper describes a way to improve school accountability metrics

REL Southwest partnered with the Texas Education Agency to examine student behaviors and teacher factors that could be used to create indicators of school performance when accountability data are not available.REL Southwest partnered with the Texas Education Agency to examine student behaviors and teacher factors that could be used to create indicators of school performance

REL Southwest examined the characteristics and college readiness of students from three cohorts of grade 12 students in 2017/18–2019/20 in a large urban district in New Mexico who earned different types of biliteracy seals (state, district, and global seals) and whether earning a seal resulted in improved college outcomes.REL Southwest examined the characteristics and college

REL Southwest partnered with the Arkansas Department of Education to examine differences in student attainment of indicators of postsecondary readiness and success by gender, race/ethnicity, eligibility for the National School Lunch Program, English learner status, disability status, age, and district locale.REL Southwest partnered with the Arkansas Department of Education to examine differences in student attainment

REL Southwest examined characteristics of Texas’s grade 3 through 12 English learner students and differences in their English language proficiency before and during the pandemic, from 2017/18 to 2020/21.REL Southwest examined characteristics of Texas’s grade 3 through 12 English learner students and differences in their English language proficiency before and during the pandemic, from 2017/18

This REL Mid-Atlantic study assessed how school climate changed during the pandemic using data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s school climate survey and found an unexpected improvement in school climate during the year when much instruction was conducted remotely.This REL Mid-Atlantic study assessed how school climate changed during the pandemic using data from the

This webinar will highlight how the Santa Fe Indian School and REL Southwest aligned the school’s educator evaluation system to the context of the New Mexico tribes and pueblos the school serves to develop culturally responsive educators.This webinar will highlight how the Santa Fe Indian School and REL Southwest aligned the school’s educator evaluation system