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California Special Education Funding System Study: A Descriptive Analysis of Special Education Funding in California (Executive Summary)
This Executive Summary outlines the current special education funding system identified in the report, California Special Education Funding System Study: A Descriptive Analysis of Special Education Funding in California.
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California Special Education Funding System Study: A Descriptive Analysis of Special Education Funding in California
This report details the current special education funding system in California, its history, and the role of the state and intermediaries in the distribution and use of those resources.
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Ready Now: Science and Engineering EdTech Guide
This digital EdTech guide contains a variety of K-12+ education technology offerings focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
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Identifying Indicators of Distress in Charter Schools: Part 1 – The Role and Perspective of Charter School Authorizers
This report can help charter school authorizers and other sector stakeholders recognize signs of distress in schools in their unique contexts and take action towards the goal of school improvement.
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Lesson Planning for English Learners in Distance Learning Environments: Elementary Educators
In this archived webinar, the presenters demonstrate how elementary educators can adapt and implement lessons in a distance learning environment to support English learners and language development.
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Evidence-Based Support for LGBTQ Middle and High School Students
Join WestEd, Gender Spectrum, and GLSEN for a free webinar that will explore the research about the experiences of LGBTQ students in middle and high schools and discuss how educators can best support the needs of LGBTQ students.
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Keep Teaching Science! Successful Strategies to Adapt K–12 Science Experiences for Distance Learning
This report from the NextGenScience team highlights strategies and hands-on examples of effective and equitable adaptations for science teaching and learning at a distance.
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Keep Teaching Science: Successful Strategies to Adapt K–12 Science Experiences for Distance Learning
Explore how science lessons and units can be adapted for distance learning while maintaining or enhancing the vision of the Next Generation Science Standards.
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Los Angeles County Office of Education Performance Task Development Project: A Case Study
This report provides insight into the Performance Task Development Project (PTDP), a partnership between the Building Educator Assessment Literacy (at WestEd) and the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE), and its work with the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE).
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Six Years of Scaling Up: Districtwide Implementations of the Next Generation Science Standards
This 12th report in WestEd's NGSS Early Implementers evaluation series for policymakers, school and district administrators, and professional learning specialists describes the Initiative’s scale-up in its later years to reach all K–8 science teachers.
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It’s About TIME: A Rigorous New Process for Selecting Instructional Materials for Science
This report provides an overview of the California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS) Toolkit for Instructional Materials Evaluation (TIME) process, participants’ perceptions of TIME, a detailed description of statewide TIME trainings, challenges to implementing the TIME process, and recommendations for adoption committees supporting districts’ NGSS implementation.
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Building Leadership Capacity to Improve Math Teaching and Learning: Lessons from the Math in Common Initiative
This brief offers three recommendations for how educators in California and beyond should conceptualize new leadership development opportunities to support math improvement — during the COVID crisis and beyond.
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Improving California’s Teacher Data System to Better Inform Decisions
This knowledge brief summarizes recent findings on improving the access to, and the use of, teacher workforce data in California.
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Facilitating English Learners’ Oral Language Development While Engaging in Distance Learning
In this archived webinar, explore the unique challenges and tangible tools and processes for supporting oral interactions and language development in distance learning environments designed to promote literacy development.
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Expanding California Districts’ Curriculum-Focused Professional Learning
This knowledge brief is part of a continuing series designed to inform California education leaders about new research findings on key state policy topics. This brief summarizes recent findings on effective teacher professional learning.
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