Exploring the Potential Role of Staff Surveys in School Leader Evaluation
REL Mid-Atlantic partnered with the District of Columbia Public Schools to explore the potential use of teacher surveys in school leader evaluation. » More info
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REL Pacific examined grade 11 and 12 students' social-emotional competencies and how those competencies are associated with academic and behavioral outcomes. » More info
Cost-Feasibility Analysis Toolkit for Supplemental Online Programs: User Guide
REL Appalachia researchers developed this toolkit to help education leaders estimate whether implementing supplemental online programs is affordable given a school or district's available resources. » More info
The Effect of School Report Card Design on Usability, Understanding, and Satisfaction
A new REL Mid-Atlantic report examines the impact of different design choices on how easy it is to use and understand online school report cards, how easy it is to find information within them, and whether users would recommend them to others. » More info
Effectiveness of Early Literacy Instruction: Summary of 20 Years of Research
REL Southeast identified 132 interventions evaluated by 109 studies that the study team determined were high-quality experimental or quasi-experimental studies. » More info
National Library of Education (NLE)
NLE provides information, statistical, and referral services to the Department of Education, government agencies and the public. The collection focuses on education, including thousands of textbooks and instructional materials, as well as resources on law, public policy, economics, urban affairs, sociology, history, philosophy, and information science.
REL Events and Opportunities
REL Events provide an opportunity to learn from practitioners, policymakers, and researchers from across the country. Check out the REL Events Calendar for upcoming webinars and in-person professional development opportunities spanning topics from improving early education to transforming postsecondary teaching and learning, and everything in between.
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Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Intervention in the Elementary Grades
This practice guide grounds the six recommendations in high-quality evidence-based research studies focused on mathematics intervention. Each recommendation is supported by strong evidence, and includes features of intervention and/or instructional practices, with guidance on how to implement them, advice on how to overcome potential obstacles, and a short summary of the research that supports it.
Supporting Your Child's Reading at Home
Learning to read begins at home through everyday parent-child interactions, long before children attend school. This new website helps families support literacy development for students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade. It includes family activities to build literacy skills at home, along with videos that show parents what to focus on in each activity.
Teaching Math to Young Children for Families and Caregivers
Early childhood is an important period for developing math skills. These resources and activities, organized by math topics such as counting or shapes, include research-based and easy-to-follow steps to help you support your child's math skills during a typical day.
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Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
Learn about the plans for and results of evaluations related to ESSA