Free Resources
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Using a Legal Framework Approach for Integrated Data Systems
This paper provides information for states, public agencies, and other parties interested in facilitating data sharing and implementing Integrated Data Systems (IDSs).
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Building Strong Residency Partnerships: Challenges and Opportunities in the CA Teacher Residency Grant
This evaluation brief highlights the early challenges and successes of grant-funded teacher residencies in their efforts to build sustainable partnerships.
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California Statewide Early Math Initiative: Evaluation Report of the Professional Learning and Coaching Model
This report summarizes WestEd's evaluation findings related to the professional learning and coaching model implemented as part of the California Statewide Early Math Initiative.
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Summer Math Program’s Impact Evaluation
This report describes the impact of Elevate [Math], a program that helps students struggling in math to achieve math proficiency, increase their interest in math, and develop a growth mindset.
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Evaluation of the Alameda County Justice Restoration Project
This report details findings of a rigorous evaluation of the Alameda County Justice Restoration Project that focused on both program implementation and the program’s impact on recidivism.
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Launching a Digital Literacy Accelerator
This report is for agencies interested in supporting edtech or digital literacy accelerators and education leaders interested in strategies to address misinformation.
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What California Math Teachers Are Saying About Instruction and Professional Learning Today
This brief summarizes California-specific findings from a nationwide survey on math teachers’ perceptions of their materials, instruction, and professional learning.
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Cultivating Caring Relationships at School: 15 Activities That Promote Staff and Student Connection
This toolkit contains 15 classroom-based activities that promote the development of positive relationships between staff and students.
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Promoting Inclusion and Engagement in STEM Learning: A Practical Guide for Out-of-School-Time Professionals
This guide provides practical strategies and guidance for OST professionals who provide STEM learning activities to youth outside of a formal classroom setting. The guide focuses on Indigenous learners, emergent multilingual learners, and learners experiencing differing physical and sensory abilities.
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Calming Spaces in Schools and Classrooms
This brief describes calming spaces and the potential positive impacts that offering such spaces in schools or classrooms can have on students’ mental health and learning.
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Leading Voices: Fostering a Culture of Learning that Promotes Student Agency
In this Leading Voices online conversation, Nancy Gerzon and Dr. Menucha Birenbaum examine building a positive culture of learning in the classroom can promote student agency and improve outcomes.
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Youth Voice in Juvenile Justice Research
This research captures interviews about the juvenile justice system from young people aged 18 to 24 years old who have lived experience with the system and provides valuable insights on how research can help improve the system for young people.
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Who Participates in Community College STEM Work-Based Learning?
This study explores participation in STEM work-based learning in Florida community colleges with a focus on internships and cooperative education courses.
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Leading Voices Podcast Series Episode 3: Sustaining Education Leaders of Color — A Conversation with Dr. Erin Browder
In this episode, host Danny Torres and Dr. Erin Browder, Senior Program Associate at WestEd, discuss the pressing and enduring needs of leaders of color and the work the education community must do to address the systemic inequities that threaten leaders’ health and well-being.
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Moving Mathematical Mountains: A Decade of Educator-Led Change to Make Math a Gateway to Success for All Students
This Carnegie Math Pathways report presents 10 years of outcome data, as well as student, faculty, and institutional feature stories.
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