For the Alaska Literacy Strategic Plan Partnership, REL Northwest supports the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (AK DEED) as they measure implementation and examine outcomes related to activities in the state’s Strategic Reading Plan. In this 2023/24 project, REL Northwest provides training and technical support to AK DEED to examine literacy survey and literacy screener data and to make decisions about how to best support districts with targeted professional development.

For the Alaska Literacy Strategic Plan Partnership, REL Northwest is conducting a study to understand how schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough Public School District use universal screener data to make decisions about serving students' illiteracy needs. During the 2023/24 and 2024/25 school years, REL Northwest's evaluation will explore how schools use screener data to assign students to Individual Reading Improvement Plans (IRIPs), student and school characteristics that are predictors of IRIP assignment, and the duration of the IRIP support. Results will inform Kenai's future staffing and professional development needs.

Improving student literacy outcomes is a top priority for Alaska. REL Northwest is assisting the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (AK DEED) in developing an approach for measuring progress toward the goals outlined in its state Strategic Reading Plan. The project aims to develop evaluation questions, identify data sources for measurement, and create short- to mid-term evaluation agendas for selected activities.

REL Northwest assisted staff from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (AK DEED) in analyzing, displaying, and discussing district survey data about reading curricular materials and assessments and publicly available statewide ELA data (e.g., early childhood data, National Assessment of Educational Progress, and Performance Evaluation for Alaska's School). AK DEED staff used what they learned to engage Alaskan leaders, educators, and parents in discussions about the strengths and areas needing improvement related to reading instruction practices, materials, and/or data-based decision-making.

REL Northwest supports the work of Alaska’s Department of Education & Early Development (AK DEED) and its partners as they measure implementation related to activities in the state’s Strategic Reading Plan, aimed at raising students’ reading proficiency. In this project, REL Northwest provides technical support to AK DEED as it revises its district literacy survey related to implementation of evidence-based literacy strategies.