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REL Appalachia

• Assessing the Likelihood Virginia Public Schools will Meet the Central Goal of No Child Left Behind: Having Every Student Proficient
• Preparing to Serve English Language Learner Students: School Districts with Emerging English Language Learner Communities
• Registering Students from Language Backgrounds Other Than English
• West Virginia's Progress Toward Universal Prekindergarten

REL Central

• Access to Supplemental Educational Services in the Central Region States
• Examining American Indian Perspectives in the Central Region on Parent Involvement in Children's Education
• High School Dropout and Graduation Rates in the Central Region
• High School Standards and Expectations for College and the Workplace
• Preparing Teachers to Teach in Rural Schools
• Using Strategy Instruction to Help Struggling High Schoolers Understand What They Read
• What States Can Learn About State Standards and Assessment Systems from No Child Left Behind Documents and Interviews with Central Region Assessment Directors

REL Mid-Atlantic

• Subgroups and Adequate Yearly Progress in Mid-Atlantic Region Schools
• The Predictive Validity of Selected Benchmark Assessments Used in the Mid-Atlantic Region
• The Students with Disabilities Subgroup and Adequate Yearly Progress in Mid-Atlantic Region Schools

REL Midwest

• Calculating the Ability of Within-School Teacher Supply to Meet the Demands of New Requirements: The Example of the Michigan Merit Curriculum
• Examining District Guidance to Schools on Teacher Evaluation Policies in the Midwest Region
• Getting the Evidence for Evidence-Based Initiatives: How the Midwest States Use Data Systems to Improve Education Processes and Outcomes
• Methodologies Used by Midwest Region States for Studying Teacher Supply and Demand
• New Data Needed: Improving Survey Research On Two-Year College Experiences
• Snapshots of Indiana's Full-Day Kindergarten Programs Before and After the State's Funding Increase for the Program
• State Policies on Teacher Evaluation Practices in the Midwest Region

REL Northeast & Islands

• A Description of Foundation Skills Interventions for Struggling Middle-grade Readers in Four Urban Northeast and Islands Region School Districts
• A Second Follow-up Year for Measuring how Benchmark Assessments Affect Student Achievement
• An Analysis of State Data on the Distribution of Teaching Assignments Filled by Highly Qualified Teachers in New York Schools
• Analyzing Performance by Hispanic High School Students on the Massachusetts State Assessment
• Developing the "Compendium of Strategies to Reduce Teacher Turnover in the Northeast and Islands Region": a Companion to the Database
• Five States' Efforts to Improve Adolescent Literacy
• Gender Gaps in Assessment Outcomes in Vermont and the United States
• How Eight State Education Agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region Identify and Support Low–Performing Schools and Districts
• How State Education Agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region Support Data-Driven Decision Making in Districts and Schools
• Math Education Practices for Students with Disabilities and Other Struggling Learners: Case Studies of Six Schools in Two Northeast and Islands Region States
• Measuring How Benchmark Assessments Affect Student Achievement
• New Measures of English Language Proficiency and Their Relationship to Performance on Large-Scale Content Assessments
• Parent Involvement Strategies in Urban Middle and High Schools in the Northeast and Islands Region
• Performance Patterns for Students with Disabilities in Grade 4 Mathematics Education in Massachusetts
• Performance Patterns for Students with Disabilities in Grade 4 Mathematics Education in New York State
• Piloting a Searchable Database of Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Low-Income Urban School Districts in the Northeast and Islands Region

REL Northwest

• "Coach" Can Mean Many Things: Five Categories of Literacy Coaches in Reading First
• Achievement Gap Patterns of Grade 8 American Indian and Alaska Native Students in Reading and Mathematics
• Analysis of the Developmental Functioning of Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education Populations in Oregon
• Analysis of Title IIB Mathematics and Science Partnerships in the Northwest Region
• How Northwest Region States Are Responding To Schools In Need of Improvement
• Indian Education Policies in Five Northwest Region States
• Models of Response to Intervention in the Northwest Region States
• New and Experienced Teachers in a School Reform Initiative: The Example of Reading First
• Parent Involvement Activities in School Improvement Plans in the Northwest Region
• Supplemental Educational Services and Implementation Challenges in the Northwest Region States

REL Pacific

• A Status Report on Middle School Mathematics Assessment and Student Achievement in the Pacific Region
• English Language Proficiency Assessment in the Pacific Region
• Preparing and Licensing High Quality Teachers in Pacific Region Jurisdictions
• The Status of Large-Scale Assessment in the Pacific Region
• The Status of the Preparation and Hiring of School Principals in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Region

REL Southeast

• A Review Of Methods and Instruments Used In State and Local School Readiness Evaluations
• Evidence-Based Decisionmaking: Assessing Reading Across the Curriculum Interventions
• Levers For Change: Southeast Region State Initiatives To Improve High Schools
• Preparing Elementary School Teachers in the Southeast Region to Work with Students with Disabilities
• Reducing Stereotype Threat in Classrooms: A Review of Social-Psychological Intervention Studies on Improving the Achievement of Black Students
• State Policies and Procedures and Selected Local Implementation Practices in Response to Intervention in the Six Southeast Region States

REL Southwest

• A Review of Avoidable Losses: High Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis
• Aligning Mathematics Assessment Standards: Arkansas and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Mathematics Assessment Standards: Louisiana and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Mathematics Assessment Standards: New Mexico and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Mathematics Assessment Standards: Oklahoma and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Mathematics Assessment Standards: Texas and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Assessment Standards: Louisiana and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Assessment Standards: Louisiana and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Assessment Standards: New Mexico and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Assessment Standards: New Mexico and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Assessment Standards: Oklahoma and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Assessment Standards: Oklahoma and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Assessment Standards: Texas and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Standards: Arkansas and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Standards: Arkansas and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Alternate Assessments for Special Education Students in the Southwest Region States
• Examining Context and Challenges in Measuring Investment in Professional Development: A Case Study of Six School Districts in the Southwest Region
• Formative Assessment Policies, Programs, and Practices in the Southwest Region
• How the Government Defines Rural has Implications for Education Policies and Practices
• La Frontera: Student Achievement In Texas Border and Nonborder Districts
• Reviewing the Evidence On How Teacher Professional Development Affects Student Achievement

REL West

• A Multistate Review of Professional Teaching Standards
• An Analysis of Utah's K–3 Reading Improvement Program
• Characteristics of Arizona School Districts in Improvement
• Characteristics of California School Districts in Program Improvement
• Characteristics of California School Districts in Program Improvement: 2008 Update
• Course-taking Patterns and Preparation for Postsecondary Education in California's Public University Systems Among Minority Youth
• Examining Independent Study High Schools in California
• Examining the Links Between Grade 12 Mathematics Coursework and Mathematics Remediation in Nevada Public Colleges and Universities
• Implementation of the Weighted Student Formula Policy in San Francisco: a Descriptive Study of an Equity-Driven, Student-Based Planning and Budgeting Policy
• Measuring Resilience and Youth Development: The Psychometric Properties of the Healthy Kids Survey
• The Distribution of Teaching and Learning Resources in California's Middle and High Schools
• The Reenrollment of High School Dropouts in a Large, Urban School District
• The Status of State-level Response to Intervention Policies and Procedures in the West Region States and Five Other States
• Training Early Intervention Assistants in California's Community Colleges
• Trends in California Teacher Demand: A County and Regional Perspective