Christina Tydeman

About

Christina Tydeman serves as the director of REL Pacific. To this role, Dr. Tydeman brings more than 30 years of experience improving outcomes for K–12 and postsecondary students as a teacher, administrator, and program leader in California and Hawai‘i. As director, Dr. Tydeman works closely with education system leaders across the Pacific region partnering with the REL team on research-based systemic improvement projects. In addition to her expertise in formative learning and large-scale assessments, educational data systems, program evaluations, and professional development, she has served on the development teams for several practitioner guides with the National Forum for Educational Statistics. Dr. Tydeman can be contacted at ctydeman@mcrel.org.

Associated IES Content

About REL Pacific

Regional Educational Lab (REL) Pacific partners with key stakeholders in American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands to develop evidence that can inform consequential decisions about policy, programs, and practice.
Blog

The Data Wayfinding Partnership for the Improvement of Literacy in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

The CNMI Public School System and REL Pacific formed this partnership to address PSS's goal of strengthening teachers' use of data to inform decisions around literacy instruction and intervention.
Date published:
Nov 14, 2023
Blog

Using Networked Improvement Communities to Address Problems of Practice

Networked improvement communities, or NICs, are scientific learning communities in which researchers, practitioners, and other interested partners come together to address a common problem of practice through a focused, iterative approach.
Date published:
Mar 15, 2022
Blog

Data Systems in the Pacific Region

In our October, 2020 blog, we featured the COVID-19 resources we've shared with you over the past seven months, and talked a bit about the enormity of--and potential opportunities nested in--the sudden shift to virtual and blended learning. While the COVID-19 pandemic has been uniquely challenging to both systems and individuals, it also provides a unique opportunity to collect data and track outcomes at the outset of these new initiatives. In the Pacific region, the pandemic is both fast-tra...
Date published:
Nov 30, 2020
Blog

Is this a time of opportunity?

Our lives have become increasingly connected to distant places and people, but the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a period of physical isolation that is leaving the entire world with more questions than answers. However, the Pacific region may be better situated than other regions to overcome this challenge. Our reality has always been thousands of small land masses and a magnificent ocean that connects us. Living in the region brings a very tangible understanding to the concepts of distance. T...
Date published:
Oct 13, 2020
Blog

Staying Connected During the COVID-19 Crisis

As I write this, most of the Pacific jurisdictions have isolated themselves to prevent the advance of COVID-19. I want to express my recognition of and commendations for the community-based collective actions undertaken by the Pacific entities to prevent the introduction of COVID-19 and to limit the spread of the virus once cases were confirmed. Communities across the Pacific are filled with caring and resilient people, who have demonstrated these attributes again and again through rounds of ...
Date published:
Apr 20, 2020
resource Training Material

Measuring Career Readiness in High School: A REL Appalachia Workshop for Researchers

Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm EST Location: Arlington, VA Description: This workshop was designed to enhance REL staff's knowledge of and collaboration around measuring career readiness. Career readiness includes the knowledge, skills, and abilities to support students' transition to postsecondary education and training, and careers. The objectives of the workshop were to: Advance REL staff's knowledge of data, tools, and methods that are available for measuring career readiness for different purp...
Jul 23, 2019