Katie Drummond
About
Katie Drummond serves as director of REL Northwest. Dr. Drummond brings over 25 years of experience conducting evaluations, research-based technical assistance, and practitioner partnerships designed to improve learner outcomes, especially for underserved populations and in the areas of literacy and early childhood education.
She has led large-scale randomized controlled trials for IES and designed initiatives that involve collaboration with partners at the local, state, and federal levels.
Dr. Drummond earned her BS from Northwestern University and her PhD in educational psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Associated IES Content
Grant
Understanding the Implementation of English Learner Reclassification Policy to Improve Outcomes for Multilingual Learners in California
This project draws on quantitative and qualitative methods to generate rigorous evidence of the impacts of California’s reclassification policy on multilingual learners’ opportunities and outcomes.
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305S260013
Blog
Evaluating State and Local Education Agency Literacy Policies and Programming
Evaluating State and Local Education Agency Literacy Policies and Programming
Date published:
Aug 26, 2026
resource
Fact Sheet/Infographic/FAQ
Using Existing Data to Evaluate and Measure Literacy Policies and Programming
Using Existing Data to Evaluate and Measure Literacy Policies and Programming: State and Local Education Agency Learning Questions and Data Sources
Aug 21, 2026
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.
Blog
REL Northwest Supports Alaska's Literacy Efforts at Statewide Reading Symposium
Literacy is currently the highest priority of Alaska's Department of Education and Early Development (AK DEED)...
Date published:
Jun 17, 2022
Blog
REL Northwest: Our Guiding Principles
In our third and final blog of this introductory REL Northwest series, we'll discuss our guiding principles for how we'll be an effective, high-performing Regional Educational Laboratory, one of 10 in the nation.
Date published:
Apr 14, 2022
Blog
REL Northwest: How We Approach Our Work
REL Northwest wants to provide research and support where it's needed the most, especially regarding equity issues that were magnified during the pandemic.
Date published:
Apr 07, 2022
Blog
REL Northwest: Who We Are and What We Do
For nearly 60 years, the RELs have partnered with educators and policymakers to support meaningful local, regional, or state decisions about education policies, programs, and practices.
Date published:
Mar 31, 2022
Grant
The Effects of PACT on Social Studies Knowledge and Comprehension Among 8th Grade Students
The purpose of this project is to test the effectiveness of a variation of the Promoting Accelerated Reading Comprehension of Text (PACT) intervention. Previous research on PACT (including this WWC-reviewed study) has shown positive effects for specific social studies content knowledge and more generalized social studies reading comprehension among eighth graders. To build on the extant evidence and to address the need to build adolescents' comprehension skills in content courses, including ...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305R200002
Cooperative agreement
Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction and Learning (C-SAIL)
The Research and Development Center on Standards, Alignment, Instruction, and Learning (C-SAIL) will examine the implementation of college- and career-ready standards in 5 states, assess how they are related to student outcomes in 50 states, and test an intervention that supports standards-aligned instruction in 5 states. C-SAIL's launch occurs at a time when states and districts across the country are engaged in a variety of initiatives aimed at implementing college- and career-ready standa...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305C150007
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