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This WestEd resource explains the statewide BHSSA evaluation, a multi-year study assessing how California’s school behavioral health investments are strengthening student wellness systems across county and local education agency partnerships.

This WestEd resource describes the Youth Engagement Cohort model, a student-centered process in which young people examine data, share perspectives, and present recommendations to shape California’s school behavioral health systems under the BHSSA.

This report examines how Oakland Unified School District’s dual enrollment point person model operates, what infrastructure it requires, and what it reveals about making open-access dual enrollment work.

A research brief that responds to a widely covered critique claiming educational research has become disconnected from classroom realities. Using an analysis of AERA conference programs across two distinct eras, the paper argues that, contrary to the critique, research addressing teacher-identified concerns has largely increased over time, not decreased.

Learn about WestEd’s Research–Practice Partnership Network and explore how long-term partnerships enable interest holders to cocreate evidence-based responses to real-world challenges.

Learn how state and local agencies can align policies and partnerships to create coherent, collaborative systems that improve supports for students and families.

Learn how Nevada’s Pupil-Centered Funding Plan uses a machine learning-based at-risk indicator to target education funding more precisely, identify students most in need, and evaluate the impact on student achievement.

This WestEd Perspectives piece analyzes the ongoing decline in California public school enrollment and its impact on funding, highlighting revenue losses, rising costs, reduced federal support, and the need for better forecasting, spending decisions, and community engagement.

Explore a curated collection of research-based resources and insightful blog articles from WestEd designed to help educators and school systems improve outcomes for students, teachers, families, and communities.

This brief explores the possible impacts of federal funding changes and provides strategic recommendations for state education leaders and their counterparts in other government agencies.