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.
REL Central partnered with stakeholders in seven states to examine dual enrollment access and participation. Overall, students had high levels of dual enrollment access, but there is room to improve student participation. This infographic visualizes the key takeaways from the study.
Build your understanding of program evaluation with our new toolkit. Videos, handouts, worksheets, and other tools provide step-by-step support from the planning stages of an evaluation to the presentation of findings to stakeholders.
A new report from Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Central shows remote learning plans developed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic varied by Internet connectivity, rurality, and district poverty level. The report includes a review of school district plans submitted to state education agencies in Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wyoming in Spring 2020.
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.
Learn more about the research projects currently underway. More on our Works in Progress.
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.
Build your understanding of program evaluation with our new toolkit. Videos, handouts, worksheets, and other tools provide step-by-step support from the planning stages of an evaluation to the presentation of findings to stakeholders.
These family and caregiver resources and activities include research-based and easy-to-follow steps to help you support your child’s math skills.
This REL Central webinar walks viewers through the Program Evaluation Toolkit, highlighting key resources and handouts.
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.
