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This report describes the approaches that Math in Common (MiC) districts took toward helping principals take ownership of math instruction and standards implementation at their sites, and profiles three MiC districts that built their principals' instructional leadership over time.
This brief summarizes recent survey results from California educators related to school site leadership, covering how principals spend their time, teacher leadership, and teachers' views of their principals.
This brief contrasts the perceptions of California educators who serve a relatively high proportion of English learner (EL) students (i.e., over 25 percent of students) with the perceptions of educators who are serving a relatively high proportion of EL students in three comparison states.
For several years, WestEd’s Measure to Learn and Improve (MLI) project team has kept state policy leaders informed about statewide implementation of the California Academic Standards in English language arts and mathematics, by summarizing and disseminating survey results from the RAND...
This brief summarizes similarities and differences in the perceptions of California educators serving differing proportions of English learner students.
This brief summarizes recent survey results related to educators' reported needs for high-quality instructional materials and professional learning.