Using Visualizations to Improve K-12 Student Learning
Researchers discuss how processes of visual comparison enhance student learning and communicate complex ideas in an effective way.
Data
Data-Driven Decision-Making: Stimulating Changes to Policy and Practice
WestEd’s Ellen Mandinach and Kim Schildkamp of University of Twente, Netherlands served as editors of a special issue of Studies in Educational Evaluation that brings together cutting-edge work on data-driven decision-making.
Partnering for College and Career Success
With cross-sector partnerships, a REL West alliance is helping to build an education-to-career pipeline in Arizona.
Webinar on Using Attendance Data for Decision-Making
Learn strategies for addressing chronic absence. Thursday, April 26, 11:30am-12:30pm (Pacific Time).
Becoming a Data Culture: Steps for Colleges of Education
A new edited volume addresses how educator preparation programs can use data to explore critical issues and inform continuous improvements to their programs.
Public Education in the Western United States, by the Numbers
Infographic snapshots illustrate public school systems in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah, created by REL West.
Interpreting Leadership Data to Improve Teaching and Learning in New York
New York educators share how a leadership assessment system helped a New York school and District assess leadership practices at the Fall NYS Council of School Superintendents conference.
Using Data to Improve Educator Preparation Programs and Teachers’ Data Literacy
WestEd's Ellen Mandinach blogs about the use of data in educator preparation programs.
Ellen Mandinach to Co-Present Keynote Address on Data and Educator Preparation
Ellen Mandinach will co-present at the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation Conference.
When Dropouts Return to School — Identifying and Supporting Reenrollees: Register for Webinar
Learn how school districts can best serve students who drop out and later reenroll. Webinar. Tuesday, September 27.