Filters Date Range Focus Area Audience Grade Level News ReleasesSep 29, 2026 WestEd Joins National Effort to Transform the American High School Credit for Real World Learning and Durable Skills Progression Standards are two of the seven research and development projects launched by the Carnegie Foundation for... News ReleasesSep 22, 2026 PISA Scores Underscore the Need for Evidence-Based Approaches to Literacy Statement of Jannelle Kubinec, CEO, WestEd Earlier this month, the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores for 2025 were released, and the results were... News ReleasesSep 10, 2026 WestEd Announces New AI-Powered School Improvement Coaching Tool for Principals WestEd today announced the release of My School Improvement Partner, an AI-powered coaching tool designed to provide principals with guided reflection, evidence-based resources, and structured... News ReleasesJul 16, 2026 Veteran Tucson Educator Is New Chair of WestEd Board of Directors Veteran educator and independent schools leader Ruth Glass has been named Chair of WestEd's Board of Directors. A Board member since 2013, Glass brings decades of leadership experience in advancing excellence, learning, and opportunity for students. News ReleasesMay 5, 2026 New Website Offers Adult Learner Numeracy and Digital Literacy Course The Adult Numeracy in the Digital Era (ANDE) course is now available on a new website at no cost as an open educational resource. Funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, the course helps adult learners connect math to their everyday lives as they build skills needed to earn their GED. News ReleasesApr 21, 2026 The NAESP Foundation and WestEd Launch Principal Evaluation Research and Policy Initiative With funding from The Wallace Foundation, WestEd and the NAESP Foundation are launching two national projects to modernize how school principals are evaluated. Mar 24, 2026 WestEd to Showcase Research on AI, Mathematics, and More at AERA Conference More than 70 WestEd staff will lead, present, chair, or serve as panelists for 34 sessions at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting. News ReleasesFeb 20, 2026 WestEd to Explore the Impact of an Educational Science Program for Students in First Through Third Grade NURTURES, an educational program that helps parents and teachers introduce children in preschool through third grade to hands-on, inquiry-based science activities, will be tested in... News ReleasesJan 14, 2026 Six Tennessee School Districts Work Together to Advance Science Education This fall, the state of Tennessee is shifting to rigorous new learning goals, the Tennessee Academic Standards for Science, that will raise the bar for...