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Making Dual Enrollment Work: Solving the Access–Success Paradox With OUSD’s Point Person Model
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.
What Educational Research Looked Like When Scores Were Rising: A Comparative Analysis of AERA Conference Programs, 2005–2014 and 2022–2025
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.
Launching a Network for Researchers and Practitioners to Tackle Challenges Together
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.
Diverging Paths to the Principalship: A Shift Toward Alternative Credentials in California
Explore this analysis of California’s diverging administrator preparation system, where expanded alternative pathways outpace traditional programs, raising concerns about quality, accessibility, and support for new school leaders.
Supporting Student Success Through Aligned and Coherent Systems
Learn how state and local agencies can align policies and partnerships to create coherent, collaborative systems that improve supports for students and families.
Supporting Schools Before Students Are at Risk: Early Warning Systems for Proactive Prevention
This paper explores the value of identifying early signs of distress in schools by examining leadership stability, staff management, culture, finances, and instructional programs.
Re-VITALizing Your Professional Learning Communities (PLCs)
Discover how Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) drive sustained instructional improvement by making teaching practice visible, embedding feedback into learning cycles, and strengthening collective expertise to boost student outcomes.
WestEd Perspectives Collection
A curated collection of WestEd Perspectives pieces—these thought leadership pieces offer timely, research-informed analysis and actionable recommendations for state and local policymakers, education leaders, and practitioners on the most urgent and complex issues in education and human development.
Building a Brighter Future: WestEd Resource Collection for Thriving Learners, Empowered Communities
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.
Strategies and Suggestions for Local Education Agencies Using the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement Framework
This guide is for district leadership teams to use as a supplement to the Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement framework and related CALL survey. It suggests strategies and reflection questions to help guide school turnaround efforts.
