New Releases
-
Educators Collaborating to Improve Mathematics: Three Structures That Mattered in Math in Common Districts
This report describes how districts participating in the Math in Common initiative approached the implementation of the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSS-M) differently than other California districts.
-
Spotlight on Student Achievement: Analyses of Statewide Assessment Data in Math in Common Districts
This report documents the uneven math gains made by Math in Common (MiC) districts, schools, and students, by analyzing the patterns of those gains, which range from outperforming statewide trends to more moderate growth. While progress in student achievement in the MiC districts has been slow, there are some promising signs to share with the field.
-
Developing Principals' Instructional Leadership in Math in Common Districts
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.
-
What California Educators Are Saying about School Leadership
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.
-
Comparing Attitudes and Practices Among Educators Serving Large Proportions of English Learners in California and Three Other States
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.
-
What California Educators Are Saying about Data Use and Continuous Improvement
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 Corporation’s annual American Educator Panel surveys of teachers and principals. This brief summarizes recent results related to peer collaboration and data use.
-
Comparing Attitudes and Practices Among California Educators Serving Different Proportions of English Learners
This brief summarizes similarities and differences in the perceptions of California educators serving differing proportions of English learner students.
-
What California Educators Are Saying about their Professional Learning and Materials Needs
This brief summarizes recent survey results related to educators' reported needs for high-quality instructional materials and professional learning.
-
Creating New Futures for Newcomers: Lessons from Five Schools that Serve K–12 Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylees
This report, developed through a partnership between MAEC and WestEd, highlights schools that are using promising and effective strategies for supporting immigrant and refugee students in K–12 classrooms.
-
College-Ready in the California State University System: Campus Experiences Implementing EO 1110
This report is the first in a series examining how campuses in the California State University (CSU) system are implementing Executive Order 1110.
-
Leveraging Strong Workforce Funding to Build an Innovative Infrastructure: How Community Colleges Take a Regional Approach to Guided Pathways in the San Diego and Imperial Region
Leaders from 10 San Diego-area community colleges and regional stakeholders are reforming the community college experience by providing students with clear, streamlined, and efficient paths toward completion.
-
High School Students’ Perceptions of Police Vary by Student Race and Ethnicity: Findings from an Analysis of the California Healthy Kids Survey, 2017/18
In response to public concern about school violence, many schools are partnering with law enforcement to increase the presence of officers in schools. However, a police presence, whether at school or in the community, may not make all young people feel safe.
-
Collaborative Lesson Planning Through Plan-Observe-Debrief (POD) Cycles
In this archived webinar, WestEd and educators from Atwater Elementary School District present on a multi-day process where teachers collaborate on the intentional design of a lesson, observe one another implement the designed lesson, and provide one another coaching and feedback on lesson delivery.
-
Providing High-Quality Options: Supporting Charter School Improvement
Learn how to assess whether a low-performing charter school is a good candidate for rapid improvement, and how using the Four Domains framework can leverage charter school autonomies to bolster turnaround efforts.
-
Classroom Innovations: A Protocol for Teacher Collaboration
Classroom Innovations is designed to support teachers in professional learning communities (PLCs) working to implement next generation classroom practices. It is part of a Next Generation Science Implementation (NGSI) suite developed by Making Sense of SCIENCE at WestEd that supports teachers and administrators charged with implementing the Next Generation Science Standards.
$16.95
« Previous Show More
