archived information
Ask A REL
Ask A REL is a collaborative reference desk service provided by the 10 Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) and functions much in the same way as a technical reference library. It provides references, referrals, and brief responses in the form of citations on research-based education questions. We invite you to browse the categories below for archived responses from REL Midwest.
American Indians
- 2018 June – American Indian Outcomes
Charter Schools
- 2017 September – Charter School Governance Boards
- 2017 September – Development of Charter School Leaders
- 2017 February – Effects of School Choice for Disadvantaged Students
College and Career Readiness
- 2021 September – AP STEM Enrollment
- 2019 December – Dual Enrollment Programs
- 2019 November – Alternative Approaches to Measuring High School Graduation Rates
- 2019 July – Standards-Based Grading
- 2019 January – Adult Basic Education Outcomes
- 2019 January – Science Credits via Career and Technical Education
- 2018 May – STEM Work-Based Learning
- 2018 April – Youth Employability
- 2018 January – Effectiveness of Career and Technical Education on Student Outcomes
- 2018 January – High School Equivalency Alternative Programs
- 2017 July – Credit Recovery and Alternative Learning Centers
- 2017 June – Deeper Learning Outcomes
Data Use
- 2020 October – Data Use Practices and Equity
- 2020 October – Metrics to Measure Student Engagement
- 2020 February – State-Level Evidence-Based Practices for School Improvement
- 2020 February – Attendance Rates and High Absenteeism in the Midwest
- 2020 February – Developing Elementary Student Report Cards and Communicating Results
- 2019 January – Needs Assessment Practices
- 2018 October – Civic Education Outcomes
- 2018 April – Measuring Academic Growth
Discipline
- 2020 October – Zero-Tolerance Discipline Policies
- 2020 October – High School Student Behavior Policy Changes
- 2020 October – Removal of School Resource Officers
- 2020 October – Restorative Justice Interventions
- 2020 October – School Resource Officers
- 2018 January – Behavior Management Clip Charts
- 2017 April – Differentiated or Disproportionate Behavioral Interventions
Early Childhood
- 2021 November – Early Childhood Education Long Term Outcomes
- 2020 April – Early Childhood Curricula
- 2020 March – Kindergarten Retention
- 2018 July – Play-Based Learning
- 2018 May – Kindergarten Standards Alignment
- 2018 May – Early Childhood Assessment
- 2018 February – School Readiness
- 2018 January – Home Visiting Programs
- 2017 June – Third-Grade Retention and Academic Redshirting
- 2017 February – School Readiness Indicators
Early Warning Systems
- 2017 June – Early Warning Systems - Course Performance
- 2017 June – Early Warning Systems - Behavior
- 2017 June – Early Warning Systems - Attendance
Educator Effectiveness
- 2020 October – Developing Teacher Leaders and Their Effectiveness
- 2020 September – Aligned Systems of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
- 2020 September – Professional Learning and School Improvement
- 2020 September – Ambitious Instruction
- 2020 August – Teaching Special Education During Crises
- 2020 August – Impact of School Improvement Grants
- 2020 August – Earned Honors Credit Model
- 2020 August – External Partners in School Improvement
- 2020 July – School Improvement After State Support
- 2020 July – State-Level School Support Teams
- 2020 March – Statewide Systems of Support for School Improvement
- 2020 March – Superintendent Accountability and Evaluation
- 2020 February – Critical Friends Groups
- 2020 January – Personalized Learning and Student Engagement
- 2019 December – Instructional Time and Academic Outcomes
- 2019 November – Finance Policies for Competency-Based Education
- 2019 October – School Performance Rating Systems
- 2019 October – Equity in School Accountability
- 2019 October – Personalized Learning Practices and Student Outcomes
- 2019 August – Instructional Strategies for Gifted Students
- 2019 June – Middle and High School Grade Configurations
- 2019 May – Social and Emotional Learning, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, and Mental Health
- 2019 March – Departmentalization in Early Elementary
- 2019 February – Teacher Professional Development Hours
- 2019 January – Executive Function Interventions
- 2019 January – Elementary Student Mobility
- 2018 September – Social-Emotional Learning and Equity
- 2018 July – Culturally Relevant Education and Student Outcomes
- 2018 July – School Board Practices and Educational Outcomes
- 2018 July – Middle School Grade Configurations
- 2018 April – Well-Being of Staff
- 2018 April – Homeless and High-Mobility Achievement
- 2018 April – Teacher Looping
- 2018 April – Teacher Platooning
- 2018 February – Personalized Learning and Equity
- 2017 November – Competency-Based Education Practices
- 2017 October – Socio-Emotional Learning and Academic Achievement
- 2017 October – Cross-Functional Teams to Support District Improvement
- 2017 September – Balanced Calendar
- 2017 August – Cultural Competence Training
- 2017 August – Teacher Accountability Ratings and Student Outcomes
- 2017 August – Self-Regulation Skills
- 2017 August – Mindfulness Programs
- 2017 July – Student Agency
- 2017 July – School Culture and Climate
- 2017 February – Secondary School Grade Level Configurations
English Learners
- 2021 February – Supporting English Learner Students Through Response to Intervention
- 2021 February – Rates of English Learner Students in Special Education
- 2020 May – Bilingual Education Teaching Methodologies
- 2017 September – English Learner Effective Strategies or Programs
- 2017 April – Classroom Strategies for Pairs
Literacy
- 2021 November – School Size
- 2021 April – Audiobooks and Early Literacy Development
- 2020 August – Measuring Early Literacy Development
- 2020 August – Literacy Skills That Predict Future Reading Proficiency
- 2020 March – Early Elementary Reading Interventions
- 2019 May – Full-Day Kindergarten and Reading Achievement
- 2019 February – Literacy Grouping Strategies
- 2019 February – In-Class Reading Practices and Diverse Materials
- 2019 February – Family Literacy Engagement
- 2018 September – Language! (Voyager) or READ180 Literacy Curriculum
- 2018 August – Secondary Literacy Instruction
- 2018 August – Secondary Literacy Leadership Practices
- 2018 July – Common Core Literacy Standards
- 2018 July – Relationship Between Third-Grade Literacy and Academic Achievement, College Retention, College and Career Readiness, Incarceration, and Dropout
- 2018 June – Beginning Reading Texts
- 2018 January – Public Library and Student Achievement
- 2017 October – Effectiveness of Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS)
Math
- 2021 September – AP STEM Enrollment
- 2021 March – Measuring Early Math Development
- 2021 March – Math Skills That Predict Future Math Proficiency
- 2018 May – Middle School STEM
- 2017 September – Computer Science Requirements in High School Curriculum
Online Courses
- 2021 January – Virtual Learning and Student Engagement During COVID-19
- 2021 January – Adult Basic Education and Online Learning
- 2020 April – Student Motivation and Engagement in Distance Learning
- 2020 February – Building Community in Online Courses
- 2019 October – E-school Funding
- 2019 January – Authorizing Virtual Schools
- 2015 November – Technology Integration
- 2015 November – Virtual/Online Program Effectiveness in Special Education
Principals
- 2020 August – Governance, Management, and Operations in School Improvement
- 2020 April – School Leadership Role in Teacher Leadership
- 2020 April – School Leadership and Learning Culture
- 2020 April – School Leadership and Continuous Improvement
- 2020 April – School Leadership in Aligned Systems of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
- 2020 April – School Leadership Practices and Student Outcomes
- 2020 April – School Leadership and Mission
- 2020 April – School Leadership and Instructional Feedback
- 2019 October – Principal Evaluation Systems
- 2018 July – Culturally Relevant Education and School Leadership
- 2017 December – Principal Recruitment and Retention
- 2017 November – Competency-Based Education Policy
Postsecondary
- 2020 October – Indicators of Postsecondary Closures
- 2020 March – Equity in Community College Science Education
- 2019 November – Equity in Postsecondary Degrees and Certificates
- 2019 January – Strategic Enrollment Management
- 2018 November – Higher Education Outcomes and Students of Color
Rural
- 2021 November – Rural School Structuring
- 2020 February – Shared Service Models in Rural Settings
- 2018 September – Rural Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Research Tools
- 2021 July – Computational Thinking
- 2017 July – Frameworks for Research-Practice Partnerships or Collaborative Partnerships
Teacher Preparation
- 2021 January – Basic Skills Tests for Teacher Licensure
- 2020 September – Collaborative Teachers
- 2019 January – Precollegiate Teacher Recruitment
- 2018 July – Teacher Preparation Requirements
- 2018 March – New Teacher Academies
- 2017 August – Teacher Licensure and Credentialing
- 2017 July – Traditional Versus Alternative Teacher Preparation Programs
- 2017 June – Alternative Teacher Licensing
Teacher Recruitment
- 2021 November – School Staffing
Teacher Workforce
- 2021 January – Mentoring Racially Diverse Teachers
- 2020 December – Factors Influencing Teacher Working Conditions
- 2020 November – Measuring Teacher Working Conditions
- 2020 November – Teacher Working Conditions in Virtual Learning
- 2020 June – Educators and Secondary Trauma
- 2019 May – Measuring Teacher Retention
- 2019 May – Teacher Talent Management
- 2019 April – State Funding of Teacher Salaries
- 2019 April – Statewide Teacher Salary Schedules
- 2019 April – State Responses to Teacher Strikes
- 2019 April – Cost Savings on Teacher Benefits
- 2018 December – Measuring Teacher Supply and Demand
- 2018 September – Teacher Staffing by Locale
- 2018 September – Teacher Recruitment Incentives
- 2018 July – Teacher Loan Forgiveness and Retention
- 2018 July – Recruiting and Retaining Teachers of Color
- 2017 November – Teacher Retention in High-Poverty or High-Minority Schools
- 2017 April – Teacher Compensation
Uncategorized
- 2020 July – School Funding Efficiency
- 2020 March – District Enrollment Priority Practices
- 2020 February – Quality of Open Educational Resources
- 2019 September – Academic Measurement for Students with Autism
- 2019 June – Global Competence
- 2019 June – Out-of-School Programs
- 2019 May – Child Abuse Prevention in Schools
- 2019 January – Executive Function Interventions
- 2019 January – Universal Autism Screening in Schools
- 2018 September – Family and Community Engagement in Education
- 2018 April – Well-Being of Students
- 2018 April – Well-Being of Families
- 2018 April – Collective Impact Initiatives
- 2018 January – Trauma and Mental Health
- 2017 October – Gifted Education Funding
- 2017 September – Economic and Social Impacts of the Achievement Gap