Spotlight on Supporting Students With Disabilities: Resources for Equity in Special Education
The two resources highlighted in this Spotlight support state education agency leaders in identifying and addressing long-standing systemic inequities.
The two resources highlighted in this Spotlight support state education agency leaders in identifying and addressing long-standing systemic inequities.
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Colorado, Indiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Vermont education leaders share the lessons they've learned while creating and implementing results-based accountability and support systems.
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Substance use declined among California students during the pandemic, and remote learners reported lower levels of use compared to their counterparts who received in-person or hybrid instruction.
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In this Q&A, Joanne Jensen, Director of Assessment Design and Development at WestEd, shares how states can help to close kindergarten readiness gaps by identifying children who need extra support.
WestEd is pleased to present new findings from a recent randomized controlled trial led by the agency to examine the efficacy of the widely available Amplify Science Middle School (ASMS) curriculum for advancing seventh grade students’ learning in relation to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) performance expectations.
WestEd is pleased to announce the agency is awarded a new five-year contract from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to operate the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) West, furthering WestEd’s 60-year history of committed partnership with state departments of education, districts, and schools to improve the lives of students throughout the West region.
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WestEd has been awarded a $7.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to scale, determine the efficacy, and disseminate study findings on Citizen Math.
The research project, titled A CALL for Equity-Centered Leadership (CALL-ECL), will document networked improvement efforts by districts, universities, and state departments of education as they seek to enhance a district’s own vision of equity and student success through educational leadership supports.
WestEd's School Choice Project Director Robin Chait describes how a charter school operator and authorizer collaborated to ensure a proposed charter school met the needs of a San Diego community.