REL Central Putting Research into Action
The Regional Educational Laboratory Central translates research to practice with policymakers and practitioners in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
The ten Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) work in partnership to conduct applied research and training with a mission of supporting a more evidence-based education system. Learn more about REL Central.
REL Central
Putting Research into Action
The Regional Educational Laboratory Central translates research to practice with policymakers and practitioners in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
This webinar will explore ways to integrate program evaluation into your school improvement work using REL Central’s the newly released Program Evaluation Toolkit. Program evaluation is important for assessing the implementation and outcomes of state and federally funded programs. However, school and state education agency personnel may not have the resources and tools to conduct effective program evaluations. The Program Evaluation Toolkit includes a series of eight modules that begin at the planning stages of an evaluation and progress to the presentation of findings to stakeholders.
This study examines the extent to which the locally built Kansas Clinical Assessment Tool demonstrates evidence of validity and reliability and meets requirements of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation.
This guide outlines how the Nebraska Department of Education used a variety of characteristics to allow school and district leaders to more accurately understand how their schools are performing relative to their peers.
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.
When evaluating your school’s performance, what’s the best way to identify institutions similar to your own? This blog post describes REL Central’s collaboration with the Nebraska Department of Education to develop a dynamic and accurate approach for selecting schools to compare with one another as peers.
To better quantify students’ ability to take part in quality early college learning opportunities in our region, REL Central conducted a seven-state study measuring access to and participation in dual enrollment programs. This blog post shares highlights from the study and discusses their implications for college and career readiness strategies in the region.
Ask A REL is a collaborative reference desk service provided by the ten Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) and functions much in the same way as a technical reference library.
This report presents information on patterns in dual enrollment access and participation for the 2017/18 school year in the REL Central states (Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming) and the region as a whole and compares these state and regional patterns with national patterns. The report also reveals how dual enrollment access and participation varied with school characteristics, including school locale (city, suburban, town, or rural) and percentage of students from low-income households.
This REL Central webinar explores strategies to address equitable access, participation, and success in career and technical education (CTE) programs. The webinar also provides an overview of current research on the impact of CTE on college and career readiness while guest speakers from Rapid City Area Schools, Huron School District, and Portland Public Schools share insights into strategies they’ve been using to enhance and improve the CTE programs in their districts.
This webinar explores how students’ civic readiness can be developed and measured. REL Central provides an overview of research on recent trends in civic education and participation and shares their tool Measuring Civic Readiness: A Review of Survey Scales. Partners from the Wyoming Department of Education, Nebraska Department of Education, and Eugene 4J School District in Oregon also discuss how they are building civic readiness in their students at the state and local level through policy and practice.
