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Building a Research Agenda to Improve Education Outcomes for Children and Youth in Foster Care
What the Experts Say
By: BethAnn Berliner, Nicole Lezin
How can we ensure children and youth in the foster care system receive the quality schooling they need? This Policy Perspectives paper makes the case for developing a research base that educators and institutions can draw on when creating and implementing education strategies specifically for children and youth in foster care — a first step toward creating a brighter and successful future for foster kids. more >
Format: Print | Copyright: 2012
Order #: PP-01-12
Career Technical Education Pathways Initiative Fifth Annual Technical Report
Produced by: WestEd, California Department of Education, California Community Colleges
How can we prepare students for a successful career in the 21st Century California workforce? Find out in this annual report, highlighting the Career Technical Education Pathways Initiative's progress in 20010/11. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
REL West Research Digest: December 2011
Produced by: REL West
This issue of the REL West Research Digest highlights evaluation's key role in developing school leaders. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
How Can Simulations Be Components of Balanced State Science Assessment Systems?
By: Edys Quellmalz, Matt Silberglitt, Michael Timms
Simulations are signaling a new era in science assessment. This brief explains why and recommends two models that policymakers may consider incorporating into state science assessment systems. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
Making the Move: Transition Strategies at California Schools with High Graduation Rates
By: Tom Parrish, Lindsay Poland, Melissa Arellanes, Jessica Ernandes, Jason Viloria
How do we make sure students graduate from high school and are ready for college and career? This report looks at high schools with successful graduation rates for answers. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
The Status of the Teaching Profession 2011 (Full Report)
By: Jennifer Bland, David Sherer, Roneeta Guha , Katrina Woodworth, Patrick M. Shields, Juliet Tiffany-Morales, Ashley Campbell
This 13th annual report on the California teacher workforce takes an extended look at principals in the Golden State and their vital role in supporting teacher effectiveness. more >
Discounted Price: $18.71
Originally: $24.95 |
Format: Print | Copyright: 2011
Order #: CFTL-11-04
The Status of the Teaching Profession 2011 (Summary Report)
By: Andy Plattner
This 13th annual report on the California teacher workforce takes an extended look at principals in our Golden State and their vital role in supporting teacher effectiveness. more >
Discounted Price: $7.46
Originally: $9.95 |
Format: Print | Copyright: 2011
Order #: CFTL-11-03
A Ticket for Success: Best Practices
Produced by: National Association of Elementary School Principals
This Principal magazine article helps education leaders navigate the robust Doing What Works website and find solutions to school improvement in just three clicks. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
Career Technical Education Pathways Initiative 2010-2011 Annual Report
Produced by: WestEd, California Department of Education, California Community Colleges
How can we help students prepare for successful careers in the 21st century? Find out in this free report, summarizing the most recent progress and impact of California's Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathways Initiative. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
R&D Alert® Vol. 12, No. 3
This edition of the award-winning R&D Alert® highlights current issues affecting schools, communities, and human development professionals throughout the United States. Read about our work in literacy, supporting school principals, and early childhood intervention. more >
Format: Print | Copyright: 2011
Order #: RD-11-03
REL West Research Digest: October 2011
Produced by: REL West
Are your high school students prepared for college work? This issue of the REL West Research Digest describes what one Nevada school district, in partnership with the Regional Educational Laboratory West (REL West), learned. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
High Hopes - Few Opportunities (Summary Report & Recommendations)
The Status of Elementary Science Education in California
By: Rena Dorph, Patrick M. Shields, Juliet Tiffany-Morales, Ardice Hartry, Teresa McCaffrey, John McDonald, Holly Jacobson, Margaret Gaston, Patsy Wilkes, Linda Bond
This report summarizes the results from two years of research on the status of elementary science education in California. A key finding? Students have little access to high-quality science education. Find out why as well as how educators and policymakers can turn around this urgent issue. more >
Price: $9.95 |
Format: Print | Copyright: 2011
Order #: CFTL-11-01
High Hopes — Few Opportunities (Full Report)
The Status of Elementary Science Education in California
By: Rena Dorph, Patrick M. Shields, Juliet Tiffany-Morales, Ardice Hartry, Teresa McCaffrey
This research report finds that students have little access to high-quality science education in California elementary schools. But there is hope for educators and policymakers to turn around this urgent issue. more >
Price: $24.95 |
Format: Print | Copyright: 2011
Order #: CFTL-11-02
2011–2012 School and District Improvement Products & Services Catalog
Looking for effective, evidence-based strategies that will improve learning for children, youth, and adults? Download or order a free copy of WestEd's 2011-2012 School and District Improvement Products & Services Catalog. more >
Format: Print | Copyright: 2011
Order #: CM-11-03
CenterView
Scientific Literacy: The Missing Ingredient
Produced by: The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd
This issue of CenterView, produced by the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, offers suggestions to strengthen science education in California. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
School Leadership: A Key to Teaching Quality
A Policy Brief on the Role of Principals in Strengthening Instruction
Produced by: The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd
Based on the forum's deliberations, as well as a review of the literature and other data, this policy brief explains ways principals can promote learning and support teachers. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
How Four Districts Crafted Innovative Principal Evaluation Systems
Success Stories in Collaboration
By: Ben Keating
Produced by: Leadership Initiative at WestEd
Are you looking for concrete examples of how to innovate principal evaluation systems? These informal case studies, written by Ben Keating of the Leadership Initiative at WestEd, examine the role of collaboration in the implementation of principal evaluation systems in four school districts. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
A Brief Overview of Principal Evaluation Literature
Implications for Selecting Evaluation Models
By: Nancy M. Sanders, Karen Kearney
Produced by: Integrated Leadership Development Initiative
Principals play a vital role in school improvement. How should their performance be evaluated? This overview provides highlights from The Policies and Practices of Principal Evaluation: A Review of the Literature, a comprehensive literature review of principal evaluation systems. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
Key Features of a Comprehensive Principal Evaluation System
By: Ronald Leon, Stephen H. Davis, Karen Kearney, Nancy M. Sanders, Christopher Thomas
Produced by: Integrated Leadership Development Initiative
This publication, cowritten by Karen Kearney of the Leadership Initiative at WestEd, draws from an in-depth review of research and professional literature on principal evaluation and personnel evaluation standards to present 12 key features identified as critical in establishing a comprehensive principal evaluation system. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
How Six States Are Implementing Principal Evaluation Systems
By: Heather Mattson Almanzán, Nancy M. Sanders, Karen Kearney
Produced by: Integrated Leadership Development Initiative
This brief, cowritten by Heather Mattson Almanzán and Karen Kearney of the Leadership Initiative at WestEd, provides policymakers and practitioners with information about current principal evaluation policies and systems, linked to useful resources, in six states. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
The Policies and Practices of Principal Evaluation
A Review of the Literature
By: Stephen H. Davis, Karen Kearney, Nancy M. Sanders
Produced by: Integrated Leadership Development Initiative
This comprehensive literature review, cowritten by Karen Kearney of the Leadership Initiative at WestEd, provides key points from primary and secondary sources that practitioners and policymakers can use to improve their principal evaluation systems. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Produced by: National Research Council of the National Academies
What conditions promote or limit school and student success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)? What teaching practices are most effective? Find out in Successful K-12 STEM Education. more >
Price: $9.95 |
Format: Trade Paper | Copyright: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-309-21296-0 | Order #: STEM-11-01
Allocating Federal Funds for State Programs for English Language Learners
Produced by: National Research Council of the National Academies
Two data sources used to identify the number of English language learner and immigrant students for federal Title III funding produce dramatically different results. Which method is more accurate? Which is more fair? This report addresses these pressing questions. more >
Price: $34.50 |
Format: Trade Paper | Copyright: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-309-18658-2 | Order #: CC-11-01
STEM Teachers in Professional Learning Communities: From Good Teachers to Great Teaching
By: Ted (Edward) Britton, Kathleen Fulton
This executive report summarizes the impacts of learning teams, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics content areas, on teacher practice. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
Power of Preschool in Santa Clara County: Making the First Five Years Count
Produced by: WestEd E3 Institute
This report tells the story of the first five years of the Power of Preschool (PoP) program in Santa Clara County, California. Since 2006, PoP has expanded and improved early education and care in the county's most underserved communities where children and families live with exposure to multiple risk factors. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
Order #: CCFS-11-01
The Complexities of Integrating Data-Driven Decision Making into Professional Preparation in Schools of Education
It’s Harder Than You Think
By: Ellen Mandinach, Edith Gummer
With Robert D. Muller
What role can schools of education play in building educators’ capacity to use data effectively? Find out in this report, summarizing a symposium that featured key experts nationwide. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
REL West Research Digest Spring 2011
Produced by: REL West
The REL West Research Digest keeps educators and others abreast of the research being carried out by the Regional Educational Laboratory West (REL West) at WestEd and, as relevant to the West Region (i.e., Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah), by other RELs across the country. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
Avoiding Déjà Vu: Lessons From the Federal Comprehensive School Reform Program for the Current School Turnaround Agenda (Forum Proceedings)
By: Mike Bowler
How can the findings from the evaluation of the federal Comprehensive School Reform program inform and improve new school improvement approaches? Find out in this 2011 policy forum proceedings paper. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
The Road Ahead for State Assessments
Produced by: PACE, RENNIE CENTER for Education Research & Policy
This report, produced by the Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy and Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), includes three papers that address critical issues in assessment policy. Senior Research Associate Robert Linquanti of WestEd contributed a paper on the assessment of English language learner students. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
Preparing Our Infant and Toddler Professional Workforce for the 21st Century
An Action Plan for the District of Columbia
Produced by: Great Start DC, Dan Bellm, WestEd
This report, coproduced by WestEd, presents an action plan for preparing the Washington, D.C. infant and toddler professional workforce for the 21st century. more >
Format: PDF | Copyright: 2011
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