For more than 50 years, the RELs have collaborated with school districts, state departments of education, and other education stakeholders to help them generate and use evidence and improve student outcomes. Read more
Strengthening the Pennsylvania School Climate Survey to Inform School Decisionmaking
This study analyzed Pennsylvania School Climate Survey data from students and staff in the 2021/22 school year to assess the validity and reliability of the elementary school student version of the survey; approaches to scoring the survey in individual...
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Examining Implementation and Outcomes of the Project On-Track High-Dosage Tutoring Program
School districts in northeastern Tennessee have had persistently low proficiency rates in grade 3 English language arts, which were exacerbated by disruptions in schooling due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In response, the Niswonger Foundation, a technical...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE’s) Office for Safe Schools partnered with REL Mid-Atlantic to conduct a study analyzing the validity and reliability from PDE’s school climate survey for elementary school students. This survey, which i...
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Changes in School Climate During COVID-19 in a Sample of Pennsylvania Schools
This REL Mid-Atlantic study assessed how school climate changed during the pandemic using data from the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s school climate survey, and found an unexpected improvement in school climate during the year when much instruction...
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Stabilizing Subgroup Proficiency Results to Improve the Identification of Low-Performing Schools
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires states to identify schools with low-performing student subgroups for Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) or Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI). Random differences between students’ tru...
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Evidence-Based Writing Practices to Support English Learner Students
New Mexico prioritizes equitable educational opportunities and achievement for English learner students. One of the state's literacy goals is focused on helping educators deliver high-quality literacy instruction that supports the development of stronger...
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Learn about how REL Mid-Atlantic partnered with the School District of Philadelphia on a coaching project to help their education leaders use data to inform, monitor, and refine one of their equity initiatives. Speakers: Jasmine Forde, Deputy Partnership...
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