Steven Tedeschi
About
Steven Tedeschi leads the Washington Rural Alliance for Blended Learning Partnership for REL Northwest. Tedeschi has five years of experience supporting data collection, management, and analysis for studies focused on school improvement, especially ones focused on improving opportunities and outcomes for American Indian students.
A Teach for America alum, he has eight years of experience in education in tribal, traditional public, and charter schools.
Tedeschi is a US Air Force veteran and earned an MA in urban education policy from Brown University.
Associated IES Content
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
Reimagining for a Rural Context: Washington's Rural Alliance Partnership
In this next blog, we take a look at how REL Northwest is partnering with The Rural Alliance and member districts in Washington state to reimagine how evidence-based recommendations on technology-enhanced learning apply in rural contexts.
Date published:
Jul 12, 2024
report
Impact Study
The Impact of Career and Technical Education on Postsecondary Outcomes in Nebraska and South Dakota
Education leaders in Nebraska and South Dakota partnered with the Regional Educational Laboratory Central to examine how completing a sequence of career and technical education (CTE) courses in high school affects students' rates of on-time high school graduation and their rates of postsecondary education enrollment and completion within two and five years. The study found that CTE concentrators (students who complete a sequence of CTE courses aligned to a specific career field such as manufa...
May 11, 2021
Blog
New College and Career Readiness Resource to Help Education Leaders Measure Students' Civic Aptitude
Research has shown that skills developed through civic education and civic participation (e.g., communication, information literacy, critical thinking) are associated with positive postsecondary outcomes such as degree attainment and gainful employment. As a result, incorporating civic readiness into school curricula and state accountability systems is now becoming more of a priority for education leaders across the nation. But how does one measure a s...
Date published:
Apr 07, 2021
resource
Fact Sheet/Infographic/FAQ
Measuring Civic Readiness: A Review of Survey Scales
This resource supports state and local education agencies in identifying, comparing, and contrasting survey scales that measure a variety of civic readiness categories. It describes the format and structure of survey scales, details the civic readiness categories measured by the scales, and summarizes the reliability and validity evidence associated with the scales.
Apr 05, 2021