West Region Public School State Snapshots

In these easy-to-read infographics, REL West provides a snapshot of public school demographics in Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah.
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Survey Design Best Practices

This webinar excerpt highlights best practices in designing effective surveys. Administering better surveys leads to more specific and accurate data, and better data leads to better evidence with which to inform decisions.
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Improving outcomes for students and educators

REL West developed a four-page handout providing an overview of the REL program and examples of how REL West works in partnership with stakeholders to address high-leverage needs. This branding material summarizes REL West’s mission, services and resources...
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Self-Affirmation: A Powerful Tool for Addressing Stereotype Threat

The infographic can help educators understand the benefit of self-affirmation classroom writing activities for Black and Latinx students, which have shown promise for buffering students of color against negative stereotype threat. “Stereotype threat”...
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Nevada Adolescent Literacy Network: 2016–2019 Student Achievement Data

The Nevada Adolescent Literacy Network (NALN), convened by a collaboration between the Nevada Department of Education and the University of Nevada-Reno, is a committed group of education, literacy, and community leaders who support efforts to advance...
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Academic Mindsets and Behaviors, Prior Achievement, and the Transition to Middle School

This infographic builds understanding of how positive academic mindsets and behaviors are associated with student success, particularly in the transition to middle school. The infographic presents the findings from a study conducted in Clark County School...
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Working Respectfully with Indigenous Communities Around Data and Evidence: A Resource for State Education Agencies

This resource is intended to support state education agency (SEA) staff members as they build partnerships with tribal leaders to improve educational outcomes for Native students through the use of data, research, and evidence. Tribal governments are...
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Applying Academic Vocabulary and Language to Multiple Contexts

This video focuses on how the Family and Caregiver Activity sheets Word Detective and Interviewing a Special Person can extend classroom lessons on academic vocabulary and language to help elementary-age English learner students use new words across multiple...
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Building Oral and Written Language Skills

This video shows how to extend elementary classroom learning to the home with two Family and Caregiver Activity sheets: Asking and Answering Questions About an Informational Text and Writing Notebooks. The simple and fun activities, using content from...
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Academic Mindsets and Behaviors, Prior Achievement, and the Transition to Middle School

As students enter middle school, their academic achievement and engagement frequently declines. Previous research has found that academic outcomes around the transition to middle school are related to, and might even be driven by, academic mindsets, including...
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Students’ Use of School-Based Telemedicine Services and Rates of Returning to Class After These Services in a Small Elementary School District

Even before COVID-19, school districts wanted to understand if school-based telemedicine services met student health needs during the school day and helped keep students in school all day, every day. Specifically, districts were interested in knowing...
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The Association between Teachers’ Use of Formative Assessment Practices and Students’ Use of Self-Regulated Learning Strategies

Three Arizona school districts surveyed teachers and students in grades 3-12 in spring 2019 to better understand the association between teachers' use of formative assessment practices and students' use of self-regulated learning strategies and to help...
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