Research & Evaluation
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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High School Students’ Perceptions of Police Vary by Student Race and Ethnicity: New Research Findings
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.
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Reconsidering The Role of Play in Early Childhood: Towards Social Justice and Equity
This new resource, edited by Julie Nicholson, formerly Deputy Director of WestEd’s Center for Child & Family Studies and Associate Professor of Practice, Mills College, and Debora Wisneski, compiles current play research in early childhood and reexamines conventional perspectives.
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Five Misconceptions About School Shootings
This research brief addresses five common misconceptions about school shootings and their perpetrators and presents a balanced perspective on what can be done to better promote school safety.
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Characteristics of Rural and Non-Rural Districts in Utah from 2012 to 2017
To help inform education stakeholders in Utah, this study examined the differences in characteristics between rural and non-rural districts in the state from fiscal year 2012 through fiscal year 2017.
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Trauma-Informed Practices from Prenatal to Young Adulthood: Voices from the Field
This resource illustrates how trauma-informed practices shape the work of experts and practitioners in the field.
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Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) 2016 Alumni Survey Findings
This study describes the results of a survey administered to alumni of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship's (NFTE) education programs.
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Multiple Paths Forward: Diversifying Mathematics as a Strategy for College Success
This report, written for community college practitioners, details how colleges are creating math pathways that are aligned with students’ programs of study.
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Supports for Students with Disabilities in the Math in Common Districts
Learn how two school districts are successfully building supports for students with disabilities into all their work for math instructional improvement.
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Developing Principals' Instructional Leadership: Systems of Support in Two Math in Common Districts
Learn about the ways districts are moving to systematically support principals to understand the instructional shifts required by the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics.
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What Do We Know About the Effects of School-Based Law Enforcement on School Safety?
Developed by WestEd’s Justice & Prevention Research Center, this brief presents a definition of school-based law enforcement and summarizes some of the research about its effects on students and schools.
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