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WestEd continues its REL West Work

WestEd has served as the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) in the West since the laboratory program’s inception in 1966. Under our most recently won REL contract from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, which began in early 2012, we will continue in this role for the next five years, providing technical assistance and research support to the four-state region of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah.

REL research, resources, and services currently described in this program website were developed under our 2006-2011 REL contract. Come back soon for details on how, moving forward, REL West will partner with LEAs, SEAs, and other researchers to address pressing education needs under the new contract.

The contents of this and related web pages were developed by WestEd drawing on information developed under various contracts in which WestEd served as the Western Regional Educational Laboratory. However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and we ask that readers do not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.