Time: 3:00-5:00 PST

Location: Virtual

Registration Link: https://pbisnetwork.regfox.com/preview/bd1067b956fb410b9bd1150413e24c9d

Partnership or Research Alliance: Equity in School Discipline Collaborative

Description: Join REL Northwest’s Vicki Nishioka for a Northwest Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Network virtual presentation describing recent research on improving equity in school discipline policies and practices. During this presentation, participants will learn how exclusionary discipline practices in Oregon schools changed after implementation of state school discipline policy reforms, with a particular focus on changes that affected students of color. The presenter will share implications from two studies, including strategies for reducing exclusionary discipline for disruptive or aggressive behavioral infractions that do not present a threat to safety.

Audience: Administrators; educators; specialists; paraprofessionals; and consultants from state education agencies, local education agencies, and education service districts

Report Citation: Nishioka, V., Merrill, B., & Hanson, H. (2021). Changes in exclusionary and nonexclusionary discipline in grades K–5 following state policy reform in Oregon. (REL 2021–061). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=4638

Nishioka, V., Stevens, D., Deutschlander, D., Burke, A., Merrill, B., & Aylward, A. (2020). Are state policy reforms in Oregon associated with fewer school suspensions and expulsions? (REL 2020–036). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?projectID=4584

Speaker: Vicki Nishioka, REL Northwest at Education Northwest