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Download full textFong, Anthony; Porterfield, Anne; Skjoldhorne, Susann; Hadley, Lucy – WestEd, 2022
This report presents the findings from an independent evaluation conducted by WestEd on the Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC). Funded by an Investing in Innovation (i3) Validation grant, the ERWC is a grade 11 and grade 12 English language arts (ELA) curriculum developed by the California State University. The independent evaluation…
Descriptors: Reading, Writing (Composition), Curriculum Implementation, Grade 11
Makkonen, Reino; Burr, Elizabeth – WestEd, 2022
This brief is part of a continuing series for California education leaders on key policy issues related to teachers and teaching. With California in the process of revising its K-12 math framework and with educators and students grappling with lost instructional time during the COVID-19 pandemic, now is an opportune moment to examine ways to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Faculty Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Makkonen, Reino; Lewis, Joy – WestEd, 2020
Guidelines for teaching California's students have changed dramatically in recent years, as state leaders have adopted new academic standards, curriculum frameworks, and instructional materials lists in an attempt to better prepare students for college and career. However, adopting high-quality standards and curriculum materials does not guarantee…
Descriptors: School Districts, Faculty Development, Academic Standards, College Readiness
Makkonen, Reino; White, Melissa Eiler – WestEd, 2020
This knowledge brief is part of a continuing series designed to inform California education leaders about new research findings on key state policy topics. It summarizes recent findings on improving the access to, and the use of, teacher workforce data in California, and focuses on the importance of instituting a statewide teacher data system that…
Descriptors: Data Use, Data Collection, Decision Making, State Policy
Hirschboeck, Kate; Eiler White, Melissa; Brannegan, Andrew; Reade, Frances – WestEd, 2022
The California Teacher Residency Grant Program provided essential, one-time funding to jump-start new and to expand existing teacher residencies, which are pathways into the teaching profession that integrate a residents' coursework with a yearlong placement in the classroom of an expert teacher. In spring of 2021, WestEd collected data through…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Grants, Cooperating Teachers, Mentors
Perry, R.; Marple, S.; Reade, F. – WestEd, 2019
Establishing professional communities of educators from districts and schools has gained popularity as a mechanism for collaboratively thinking through and enacting change in education. In 2013, 10 California school districts received grant funding from the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation ("the Foundation") to participate in the Math in…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Common Core State Standards, Mathematics Education, Instructional Leadership
Estes, Elizabeth; Davis, Jeff; Shilton, Adrienne; Stoner-Mertz, Christine; Funk, Michael; Eisenberg, Lisa; Weller, Teneh; Knecht, Richard S.; Kelley, Veronica; Kain, Lara; Peck, Jennifer; Rosario, Aleah; Lombardo, Michael; Kimner, Hayin; Jacobs, Melissa; Dickey, Amanda; Epstein, Ken; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Alcala, Lupita; Caparas, Ruthie; Coley, Aressa; Justus, Marianne; Willis, Jason; Larsen, Karen – WestEd, 2022
This field guide is a first step by a collaborative of California child-serving education, health, and social service experts and leaders to further California's current efforts toward one effective, integrated, comprehensive, school-based child-serving system. The guide includes guidance for both local education agencies (LEAs) and state leaders,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, School Districts, Public Officials
Burr, Elizabeth; Lewis, Ryan; Crane, Eric W. – WestEd, 2020
California public schools enroll some 1.2 million students who are classified as English learners (ELs), representing a little more than 19 percent of the statewide student population. Given the size of this population and given the state's efforts over the last decade to recommend to districts materials lists for high-quality, standards-aligned…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, English Teachers, Language Arts, Teacher Attitudes
Rauner, Mary; Lundquist, Sara; Smith, Amelia – WestEd, 2019
This resource provides step-by-step guidance to teams who are developing, strengthening, or expanding a College Promise program. The Guidebook is organized into three sections that cover topics ranging from how to frame your College Promise program to evaluating and implementing it. Each section includes embedded tools and exercises to help you…
Descriptors: College Programs, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Smith, Amelia; Rauner, Mary – WestEd, 2020
This brief, the third in a series produced by the California College Promise Project (CCPP) at WestEd, describes research conducted by the CCPP on the relationship between the 2017 legislation "Community Colleges: California College Promise" (AB19) and the structure of local College Promise programs. The analysis examines College Promise…
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Colleges, State Legislation, Educational Legislation
Valdez, Amber; Takahashi, Sola; Krausen, Kelsey; Bowman, Alicia; Gurrola, Edith – WestEd, 2020
In California and across the United States, the K-12 education system continues to perpetuate disparities in learning experiences and outcomes for students, based on race/ethnicity, language, income, and ability, to name a few. This study examines how education leaders think about and use continuous improvement to address equity issues. Key…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Strategies
Tyler, Burr; Iveland, Ashley; Nilsen, Katy; Britton, Ted; Nguyen, Kimberly; Estrella, Denise; Arnett, Elizabeth – WestEd, 2019
This evaluation report describes a central professional learning strategy that the California NGSS Early Implementers Initiative used to help teachers effectively transition to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The Initiative's approach to lesson study, called a Teaching Learning Collaborative (TLC), brings together teams of teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Teacher Collaboration, Academic Standards, Science Education
Burr, Elizabeth; Makkonen, Reino; Lewis, Ryan W.; Crane, Eric W. – WestEd, 2021
This knowledge brief is part of a continuing series designed to inform California education leaders about key policy issues related to teachers and teaching in the Golden State. The brief outlines the current policy environment surrounding math instruction in California, summarizes California information from a nationwide teacher survey on…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Educational Policy, State Policy, Teacher Surveys
Tyler, Burr; Britton, Ted; Nilsen, Katy; Iveland, Ashley; Nguyen, Kimberly – WestEd, 2019
NGSS Early Implementers is a six-year initiative created to help eight California school districts and two charter management organizations, supported by WestEd's K-12 Alliance, implement the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The Initiative has used a train-the-trainer model to maximize spread of professional learning about the NGSS in…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Leadership, Academic Standards, Science Education
Nilsen, Katy; Tyler, Burr; Arnett, Elizabeth; Britton, Ted; Estrella, Denise; Luttgen, Kim; Moyle, Patrick; Montoya, Robin – WestEd, 2020
The California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS) Toolkit for Instructional Materials Evaluation (TIME) is a suite of tools and processes for evaluating and selecting instructional materials aligned with the CA NGSS. This 11th report in the NGSS Early Implementers Initiative evaluation series is intended for school and district…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Media Selection, Science Instruction, Statewide Planning
