Research & Evaluation
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To Create Safe and Healthy Schools During a Pandemic, Prioritize Educator Wellbeing
Schools have the opportunity to promote the collective wellness of their school community by supporting educators and students with a wide range of strategies associated with social and emotional learning.
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Reconceptualizing the Role of Critical Dialogue in American Classrooms: Promoting Equity through Dialogic Education
This edited volume brings together scholars in language diversity and education to critically examine notions of classroom participation and learning, extending previous scholarship to illustrate how critical, dialogic pedagogies can promote equity and inclusivity.
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A Study of Cost Adequacy, Distribution, and Alignment of Funding for North Carolina’s K–12 Public Education System
This resource allocation study examines equitable distribution of funding, alignment of funding to student needs, and adequacy of education funding in North Carolina.
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Study of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Process and the Adequate Funding Level for Students with Disabilities in Maryland
WestEd conducted a mixed-methods study regarding program quality and adequate funding levels for students with disabilities in Maryland.
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Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) Evaluation: 2018–19 Final Programmatic Report
WestEd and AIR's programmatic evaluation of Massachusetts' Safe and Successful Youth Initiative (SSYI) demonstrates the positive impact of SSYI on community-level crime and client-level behaviors.
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Utah Education Funding Study: Phase 1 Report
This report examines the funding system for the K–12 education system in Utah, particularly the alignment between Utah’s vision for students and the Minimum School Program (MSP) as defined by statute.
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Securing and Protecting Education Funding in California
The new report Securing and Protecting Education Funding in California examines how California might secure and protect revenues for schools in sustainable and responsible ways over both the short and long terms.
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Launching the California Teacher Residency Grant Program: Findings from Year 1 (2019/20)
This report summarizes learnings from the California Teacher Residency Grant Program's first year of implementation, 2019–20. It presents early evidence on leading indicators of employment outcomes and findings about how central aspects of grantee partnerships are functioning from the perspectives of key stakeholders.
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Voices From the Field: County Office of Education Leaders Discuss COVID-19’s Impact on California Education
To better understand the reopening planning process and other issues related to education during the pandemic, WestEd conducted interviews with COE leaders about how school closures impacted their work with districts and schools.
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Assessment Leadership: Leading a Balanced, Comprehensive Assessment System to Improve Teaching and Learning
This brief provides district and school leaders with guidance on developing core competencies of assessment literacy to support the development and implementation of a comprehensive and balanced assessment system.
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Research in Brief: School-Based Law Enforcement
This new research brief summarizes the evidence on school-based law enforcement and its impact on school safety as well as racial differences in how school-based law enforcement is experienced.
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Strengthening the Data Use and Continuous Improvement Capacity of Teacher Preparation Programs
This paper addresses how effective teacher preparation programs can expand their capacity to use data for continuous improvement.
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Strengthening the Clinical Orientation of Teacher Preparation Programs
This paper identifies key levers to put high-quality clinical experience—that is, the opportunity to practice the work of teaching in classrooms—at the center of teacher preparation
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Building Strong Partnerships to Improve Clinically Oriented Teacher Preparation
This paper describes how CSU campuses and their partner school districts strengthened their relationships and developed strategic partnerships for high-quality, clinically oriented teacher preparation reform.
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The NGEI Approach to Improving Teacher Preparation in the CSU Through a System of Supports
This paper reviews the evolution of a system of support for NGEI campuses that included targeted grant requirements, coaching and technical assistance, and a learning community to help partnerships share problems of practice.
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