Latest from the REL Central Blog
REL Central’s Joshua Stewart shares how the Program Evaluation Toolkit was developed and provides a rundown on what readers will find as they explore this new, user-friendly resource.
When the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted in-person learning last year, a wide range of strategies to support virtual classrooms were implemented in schools and districts. REL Central examined remote learning plans from four states to better understand the differences in strategies and the relationships between proposed strategies and district characteristics.
The Early Childhood Data Use Assessment Tool was designed to identify and improve data use skills among early childhood education (ECE) program staff so that they can better use data to inform, plan, monitor, and make decisions for instruction and program improvement. This blog post discusses the importance of data use in ECE programs, especially in a post-pandemic learning environment.
In a special guest blog post, leaders from the Nebraska Department of Education share how the agency is reframing the narrative around “learning loss” and setting the stage for success in the 2021/22 school year and beyond.