Collaborative Research: Bridging Cultural Differences Across Professions

Researchers and educators are both committed to the broad goal of improving educational outcomes, but they have long inhabited different worlds with diverse professional . . .

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Implementing Early Learning Standards: Lessons from Research and Practice

Boston, MA – States have been working for more than a decade on their early learning standards—documents that describe what children should know and be able to . . .

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Educator Effectiveness Alliance: Student Learning Objectives Focus of Policy Scan

In keeping with the Northeast Educator Effectiveness Research Alliance’s goal of providing research to support states’ and districts’ educator evaluation system . . .

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Research Alliances Share Common Concerns, Optimism at Winter Governing Board Meeting

Boston, MA – On March 11–12, the REL Northeast and Islands Governing Board met in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to discuss the opportunities and challenges for . . .

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Collaborative Research: Educator Advisory Committees Ground Research in Real Needs

Research alliance members, with their broad diversity of backgrounds, play a critical role in ensuring the future usefulness of Regional Educational Laboratory research . . .

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San Juan Daily Star Highlights REL-NEI Research Alliances

San Juan, PR – REL-NEI’s March 11–12, 2013 Governing Board meeting and the work of its dropout prevention and college and career readiness research alliances was . . .

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Collaborative Research: How Do New Alliances Cohere?

What helps a new research alliance come together to take on the difficult work of defining and carrying out a research agenda? More than a year into its new five-year . . .

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REL-NEI Creates Data Catalogue in Support of Boston Public Schools' Educator Evaluation System

As the Northeast Educator Effectiveness Research Alliance (NEERA) has worked to create a research agenda for the next three to five years, one emerging area of interest . . .

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REL-NEI Staff Mourn the Loss of Governing Board Member Marie Ross

New Hampshire Newfound Area School District Superintendent Dr. Marie Ross passed away on January 12, 2013. Ross joined the REL Northeast and Islands Governing Board in . . .

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Bridge Event: Dropout Research and the Promise of Early Warning Systems

More than one in four students in the United States does not graduate high school on time, leaving more than 1 million young people each year with decreased employment . . .

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Bridge Event: Implications of Common Core for English Learners Are Substantial

Boston, MA – English language learners (ELLs) are the fastest growing group of students in the United States and among the lowest achieving, as measured by . . .

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Urban Schools Alliance: New Toolkit for Districts Working with Outside Researchers

Boston, MA – REL Northeast and Islands’ Urban School Improvement Alliance (USIA) has produced a suite of materials to help midsized urban school districts better . . .

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Bridge Event: Research to Support Rural Budgeting Challenges

Boston, MA – On November 9, REL-NEI’s Northeast Rural Districts Research Alliance (NRDRA) hosted a Bridge Event at EDC headquarters to explore how a range of . . .

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Research Alliance Progress and Member Experiences Focus of Fall Board Meeting

Boston, MA – On October 22–23, the REL-NEI Governing Board convened in Boston to review progress in the first year of REL-NEI’s new five-year program of work, as . . .

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Instructional Improvement and the “Data-Informed District”

Boston, MA – “When I think of data, I think of anything that helps an educator know more about their students and student learning,” said Dr. Jeffrey Wayman, . . .

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Secondary and Postsecondary Research on College and Career Readiness

Boston, MA – On August 30, REL Northeast and Islands’ Northeast College and Career Readiness Research Alliance hosted a Bridge Event with experts on secondary and . . .

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REL-NEI Team to Reflect on Research Alliances at Annual SREE Meet

Boston, MA – On Sept. 6–8, two REL Northeast and Islands research leaders will present at the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Conference in . . .

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What Works Clearinghouse Reviews Rigorous REL-NEI Study

Washington, DC – The What Works Clearinghouse at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has released a review of a REL Northeast and Islands randomized controlled . . .

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New from NCES: School District Demographics System Map Viewer

Washington, DC – This summer, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released the School District Demographics System Map Viewer. The SDDS provides . . .

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Bridge Event Presents Range of Perspectives, Questions on Early Childhood Assessments

Boston, MA – On July 19, REL Northeast and Islands’ Early Childhood Education Research Alliance hosted a Bridge Event with 100 early childhood stakeholders across . . .

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REL, Comp Center Host Regional Meeting on Educator Effectiveness

Boston, MA – On June 28, REL Northeast and Islands and the New England Comprehensive Center co-hosted a Bridge Event at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel and Trade . . .

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