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California Professional Standards for Educational Leaders (CPSEL) Updated Tri-Fold Version
This version of the California Professional Standards for Education Leaders is a quick reference most helpful when used with the updated Moving Leadership Standards Into Everyday Work: Descriptions of Practice.
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Restorative Justice in U.S. Schools: An Updated Research Review
This updated review documents the current breadth of evidence on restorative justice, provides a more comprehensive picture of how restorative practices are implemented in schools, and lays the groundwork for future research, implementation, and policy.
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Evidence-Based Improvement: A Guide for States to Strengthen Their Frameworks and Supports Aligned to the Evidence Requirements of ESSA
This guide provides an initial set of tools to help states and school districts understand and plan for implementing evidence-based improvement strategies.
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Creating New Futures for Newcomers: Lessons from Five Schools that Serve K–12 Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylees
This report, developed through a partnership between MAEC and WestEd, highlights schools that are using promising and effective strategies for supporting immigrant and refugee students in K–12 classrooms.
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Restorative Justice in U.S. Schools: Summary Findings from Interviews with Experts
This report summarizes interviews with experts on the promise of restorative justice, an approach to justice that focuses on repairing harm and restoring relationships, rather than simply punishing the perpetrator.
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Creating Trauma-Informed Learning Environments
This brief, produced by the Mid-Atlantic Comprehensive Center at WestEd, offers five important actions teachers can take to design trauma-sensitive learning environments.
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What Works Brief #9: Family Engagement
This What Works Brief, cowritten by WestEd's Maria Paredes and Meagan O'Malley, focuses on a key fundamental element of school improvement efforts: family engagement. School staff, parents, and community members alike will benefit from the strategies designed to help all students achieve academic success.
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Four Domains for Rapid School Improvement: A Systems Framework
This framework assists educators in rapid school and district improvement efforts through turnaround leadership, talent development, instructional transformation, and culture shift.
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Bridging Cultures in Our Schools: New Approaches That Work: Knowledge Brief
This knowledge brief provides a framework for understanding how teachers' culturally driven—and often unconsciously held—values influence classroom practice and expectations, and, when in conflict with
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Assessing and Improving Special Education: A Program Review Tool for Schools and Districts Engaged in Rapid School Improvement
This tool helps districts and school leaders begin and engage in conversations about, and reviewing and improving the quality of, their special education programs.
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Developmental and Behavioral Screening Guide for Early Care and Education Providers
If developmental concerns are caught early on, early care and education providers can help ensure young children receive the support and services they need.
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Understanding Formative Assessment: Insights from Learning Theory and Measurement Theory
Formative assessment can yield real-time information about if and how students are learning—and what might be impeding their progress. Insights gained from ongoing assessment can help teachers shape instruction and guide student efforts.
