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Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest
REL Southwest partners with educators and policymakers in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas to improve learner outcomes. Learn more about REL Southwest.
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May 09

Developing Culturally Responsive Educators: Teacher Preparation, Job-Embedded Support, and Professional Educator Growth Systems for Schools Serving Indigenous Populations

This webinar will highlight how the Santa Fe Indian School and REL Southwest aligned the school's educator evaluation system to the context of the New Mexico tribes and pueblos the school serves to develop culturally responsive educators.
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Apr 24

REL Southwest Overview Handout

REL Southwest partners with educators and decisionmakers in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas to support the use of evidence and data to improve student learning. This fact sheet provides an overview of REL Southwest's work.
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Dec 12

The Louisiana Believe and Prepare Educator Preparation Reform: Findings from the Pilot and Early Implementation Years

This REL Southwest study examined the extent to which the Louisiana Believe and Prepare Educator Preparation Reform contributed to expected improvement in outcomes for early career teachers.
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Dec 07

Encouraging Families to Visit a Literacy Website: A Randomized Study of the Impact of Email and Text Message Communications

This REL Southwest study examined the effectiveness of using brief email and text message communications to increase the number of parent and guardian visits to the Arkansas Reading Initiative for Student Excellence (R.I.S.E.) website.
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Dec 05

Indicators of School Performance in Texas

In this study, the Texas Education Agency partnered with REL Southwest to explore whether information regularly collected by districts and schools could be used to create indicators for monitoring and supporting low-performing schools.
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REL Southwest Overview Handout
REL Southwest partners with educators and decisionmakers in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas to support the use of evidence and data to improve student learning. In particular, REL Southwest seeks to address priorities related to the...

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