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California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (CPSEL) Updated Tri-Fold Version
This version of the California Professional Standards for Education Leaders is a quick reference most helpful when used with the updated Moving Leadership Standards Into Everyday Work: Descriptions of Practice.
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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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Bridging Cultures in Our Schools: New Approaches That Work: Knowledge Brief
This knowledge brief provides a framework for understanding how teachers' culturally driven—and often unconsciously held—values influence classroom practice and expectations, and, when in conflict with
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Scaffolding Writing Through the "Teaching and Learning Cycle"
Help your students become effective writers through scaffolding and the Teaching and Learning Cycle.
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Evidence-Based Improvement: A Guide for States to Strengthen Their Frameworks and Supports Aligned to the Evidence Requirements of ESSA
This guide provides an initial set of tools to help states and school districts understand and plan for implementing evidence-based improvement strategies.
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Silent Recession: Why California School Districts Are Underwater Despite Increases in Funding
Learn how increasing costs are forcing many California school districts to make dramatic program adjustments and reductions, and risk significant deficit spending.
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Developmental and Behavioral Screening Guide for Early Care and Education Providers
If developmental concerns are caught early on, early care and education providers can help ensure young children receive the support and services they need.
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Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: A Systems Framework
This framework assists educators in rapid school and district improvement efforts through turnaround leadership, talent development, instructional transformation, and culture shift.
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The Initial Impact of the California Administrator Performance Assessment (CalAPA) Policy on Preparation Programs
This report presents a useful snapshot of the current state of preparation programs that are preparing for consequential implementation of the CalAPA policy.
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Understanding Formative Assessment: Insights from Learning Theory and Measurement Theory
Formative assessment can yield real-time information about if and how students are learning—and what might be impeding their progress. Insights gained from ongoing assessment can help teachers shape instruction and guide student efforts.
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Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English Language Learners
How can formative assessment enhance the teaching and learning of English language learner (ELL) students? What, if anything, from our experience with summative assessment of ELL students can inform effective formative assessment practices? And finally, what are the opportunities and challenges inherent in integrating formative assessment into instruction for ELL students in this era of Common Core and other next generation standards? Find out in this paper.
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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.
