Regional Educational Lab (REL) West partners with key stakeholders in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah to develop evidence that can inform consequential decisions about policy, programs, and practice.
Blog
The following blog provides an overview of REL West's work with the Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG) during the Spring/Summer of 2022 to support their development of a logic model and associated measures.
Date published:
May 11, 2023
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Training Material
On July 14 2022, REL West staff will meet with the Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG) Head Start division to provide an overview of how data and measures align with logic model components.
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Training Material
The Regional Educational Laboratory West and the Region 15 Comprehensive Center developed a guide to assess teacher professional learning needs to implement research-based recommendations for the instruction of elementary-grade English learner students. At the center of this guide are two tools--the Teacher Self-Reflection Tool and the Classroom Observation Tool--that are used to collect information about teacher practice and needs related to the recommendations from the What Works Clearingho...
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This brief, requested by the Arizona Department of Education, presents a narrative synthesis and is based on a partial review of the relevant literature on strategies for engaging and empowering families in their children's learning and development. The brief also summarizes lessons learned from research and offers recommendations for how local education agencies can collaborate with families. Key sections include: (1) Research on family engagement, (2) Strategies to increase empowerment amon...
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Descriptive Study
This study was prompted by the Arizona Department of Education's interest in learning more about the progress of English learner students toward English proficiency in the early grades. The study examined the English language proficiency and English language arts (ELA) proficiency (reading and writing at grade level) of non-native English speaker students in kindergarten and in grade 3. About 11 percent of 2013/14 kindergartners in Arizona were initially classified as English learner students...
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Training Material
This webinar workshop will have segments that address the four domains from the Center for School Turnaround framework: leadership, talent management, instructional transformation, and culture and climate. By participating in this workshop, participants will gain a better understanding of the research base behind each of the four domains, as well as the interconnectedness of the domains. Through this increased knowledge, participants will develop a deeper understanding of how they can leverag...
