Mid-Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.
Regional Needs
Educators in the Mid Atlantic region have expressed the need for rigorous research in a number of areas related to student learning. REL Mid-Atlantic is responding to these needs through several approaches including: developing new Issues and Answers reports, providing direct responses to individual requests for research through Ask A REL, and by translating existing research more broadly in the region through a series of forums. The needs expressed include:
- Improving middle and high school student literacy achievement
- Helping English language learners meet AYP
- Assisting low-performing schools meet No Child Left Behind targets
- Reducing regional high school dropout rates
- Understanding the impact of career academies on student outcomes
