Elise Guest
About
Elise Guest leads the Oregon Department of Education Literacy Initiative Partnership and the Washington Literacy Partnership for REL Northwest. Dr. Guest works to deepen the use of evidence-based teaching and learning to improve student outcomes and promote increased opportunities and access to educational excellence for all.
She has over 28 years of preK–12 experience as a US Peace Corps and Special Education teacher, a school administrator, and a district curriculum director from Africa and Oregon to Singapore and Montana.
Guest earned an EdD in education methodology, policy, and leadership from the University of Oregon.
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About REL Northwest
Regional Educational Lab (REL) Northwest partners with key stakeholders in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington to develop evidence that can inform consequential decisions about policy, programs, and practice. Key stakeholders include organizations with decision-making authority and the ability to influence education policy and practice, such as state and local education agencies, school boards, institutes of higher education, and student, family, and community organizations.
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Improving Literacy Outcomes: Montana's Journey to Close Opportunity Gaps
Recognizing the urgent need for improvement, several Montana school districts are working with REL Northwest to address effective, data-driven decisionmaking. The shared goal is to improve student literacy achievement by boosting the implementation of evidence-based literacy teaching practices by using a Multi-Tiered System of Support in Reading (MTSS-R) and engaging in Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles.
Date published:
Oct 04, 2024
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Bridging the Literacy Gap: A Team Effort with REL Northwest and Washington's OSPI
Our next blog in this nine-part series focusing on the work of REL Northwest takes us to the state of Washington. During early project planning, Washington's Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) recognized a need to improve students' reading and writing proficiencies by providing clear priorities and broader goals for literacy education. Together, OSPI and REL Northwest are working to enhance students' literacy skills from preK through grade 12 through a literacy initiative t...
Date published:
Mar 22, 2024
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Building Capacity for Change: Oregon's Department of Education Literacy Framework Partnership
In this next addition to REL Northwest's blog series highlighting our partnerships and how our work makes an impact, we look to the Oregon Department of Education (ODE)'s Literacy Framework partnership. In 2021, ODE determined that updating the 2009 Literacy Framework was a key priority for state funding. The update was designed with particular attention to literacy strategies that benefit students who experience disability, students with dyslexia, and multilingual learners.
Date published:
Feb 07, 2024
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Accelerating Literacy Outcomes in Montana Through Evidence and Data Use
Sitting together in a horseshoe-shaped table configuration, district leaders and educators from Montana's Laurel Public Schools recently collaborated with REL Northwest in two work sessions to review and examine evidence-based practices and data use regarding the district's literacy instruction...
Date published:
Jan 12, 2023