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REL Northeast & Islands: Putting Research into Action The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands translates research to practice in partnership with policymakers and practitioners in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Vermont.

The ten Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) work in partnership to conduct applied research and trainings with a mission of supporting a more evidence-based education system. Learn more about the REL Northeast & Islands region.

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What's New at REL Northeast & Islands
Jan22

Informing Policy: Examining Enrollment Trends in Universal Prekindergarten in Vermont

Join us on January 22 for a webinar to learn about Vermont’s universal prekindergarten program. The webinar will present findings from a study examining enrollment patterns for their first year of implementation. » More info

Nov20

Measuring Students’ Social and Emotional Learning: A Review of Instruments and Implications for State and Local Education Agencies

This webinar featured a new resource designed to help states and districts identify reliable and valid instruments to measure social and emotional learning in secondary students. » More info

Nov06

Using Data to Promote Culturally Responsive Teaching: Session 1

This webinar, the first in a two-part series, introduced participants to the importance of developing data literacy to promote culturally responsive teaching. » More info

Latest from the REL Northeast & Islands Blog

State Report Cards Go Digital in the Northeast

The state-issued school report card as we know it is transforming to a richer and more detailed picture of district- and school-level performance. Learn how REL Northeast & Islands is helping states use data from these online report cards for school improvement planning.

Supporting Dual Language Learners in the PreK Classroom

Bilingualism carries a number of advantages to children—including social, linguistic, cognitive, and cultural benefits. Learn about strategies to help young dual language learners succeed.

Ask A REL Answers Your Important Research Questions

Learn how one district leader, tasked with exploring the benefits and drawbacks of later school start times, used the REL Northeast & Islands Ask A REL service to inform her district’s decision.

Featured Video

Learn how REL Northeast & Islands helps educators in the region use research and data to improve learning outcomes for their students.

Ask a REL

Image of a library bookshelf
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.

Works in Progress

Learn more about the research projects currently underway.

Featured Publication

Prekindergarten students at story time.
Enrollment rates of children in universal prekindergarten programs in Vermont in 2016/17

This study examines enrollment trends from the first year of state-funded, universal prekindergarten implementation in Vermont.

Featured Infographic

Instructional Coaching for English Language Arts: Practices and Outcomes
Instructional Coaching for English Language Arts: Practices and Outcomes (771 KB)

Learn more about how the REL Northeast & Islands searched and reviewed studies to identify instructional coaching programs, components, and practices that are associated with student academic outcomes in reading/English language arts (ELA).