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This executive report summarizes the impacts of learning teams, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics content areas, on teacher practice.
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.
This technical brief, prepared by REL West, projects the need for new school-site administrators (principals and vice-principals) in California by region in two-year increments over 2010/11-2017/18.
This study, prepared by REL West, examines the relationship between performance on Utah's English proficiency assessment and English language arts and mathematics content assessments by English language learner (ELL) students and compares the performance of ELL and non-ELL students on the content...
This report, prepared by the California Community Colleges, the California Department of Education, and WestEd, captures Career Technical Education Pathways Initiative progress in three key areas: monitoring statewide coordination of regional pathways; building human and organizational support; and...
This report, prepared by researchers at the American Institutes for Research for the Regional Educational Laboratory West (REL West), presents the first detailed comparison of resource allocation between rural and nonrural districts in the West Region (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah).