About REL Central
Serving Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Trudy Cherasaro is the director of research at Marzano Research and director of REL Central. Cherasaro holds a doctorate in educational psychology, with an emphasis on research and evaluation, and has content expertise in student assessment, educator evaluation, teacher preparation, and gifted education. Read Full Bio.
The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Central serves seven states: Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. To address the priorities and interests of these states, REL Central works in partnership with school districts, state departments of education, and others to use data and research to improve academic outcomes for students.
REL Central works to bridge the worlds of education research and education practice. REL Central offers various supports to the collaborative research partnerships and other stakeholder groups in the Central region:
- Applied research studies and studies in progress that address partnerships' research questions.
- Training, coaching, and technical support such as survey, interview, or observation protocol development, literature reviews, or tool development.
- Workshops and coaching that support the use of data and research.
- Ask A REL annotated bibliographies produced in response to stakeholder research questions.
Discover REL Central
Discover how we work in partnership with states to support understanding and use of evidence-based practices to improve student outcomes.
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Who We Are
Marzano Research operates REL Central with support from the following subcontractors:
- Augenblick, Palaich and Associates Consulting
- Education Northwest
- Magnolia Consulting
- Marsico Institute for Early Learning and Literacy
- RMC Research
REL Central's Governing Board
REL Central's Governing Board comprises a diverse group of education leaders from each of the seven states in our region. Read more about the board.