Empowering Families to Improve Student Learning

Research Measuring Teacher Performance With Student Learning Objectives

This new REL West research report offers state and district leaders new insights into the use of student learning objectives (SLOs) to evaluate teacher performance.

Download the REL West report as well as the latest REL West Research Digest.

Professional Learning Improving Teaching Skills and Student Academic Performance

Register for these upcoming professional learning opportunities to gain the expertise to engage English learners in deep, transferable learning; build a scientific way of thinking in both teachers and students; provide effective early care and education; and increase academic literacy.

• Quality Teaching for English Learners Summer Institutes
• Making Sense of SCIENCE Teacher Courses and Facilitation Academies
• Program for Infant/Toddler Care Trainings
• Reading Apprenticeship Professional Development

Resources 2016 Catalogs Now Available!

WestEd's resources and services draw on the best from research and practice in education and human development. Download our 2016 catalogs:

• English Learners & Literacy
• Science & Mathematics
• School & District Improvement

Webinars Literacy, Formative Assessment, Close Reading, and the New Standards

Upcoming

• Supporting Secondary Literacy Development with Formative Assessment and Resources from the Digital Library
  Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Recent Webinars on Close Reading, New Standards

• Reading to Learn: Close Reading in K-12 Content Areas
• Bridging Standards, Assessment, and Instruction
• Interpreting and Acting on Students' Smarter Balanced Assessment Results
• Understanding Your Child’s Smarter Balanced Test Results and Supporting Learning in Grades 6-12
• Understanding Your Child’s Smarter Balanced Test Results and Supporting Learning in Grades 3-5

College & Career Secondary Education, Community Colleges, Universities, Adult Education, and Workforce Development

WestEd provides research-based expertise on effective practices and transition strategies designed to help students and adults succeed in college and/or career, develops measures of college and career readiness, and partners with workforce development stakeholders to address challenges facing job seekers and employers. 

Visit our College and Career page to learn about our related research, services, resources, and news and events.

WestEd Celebrating 50 Years:
Advancing Excellence in Research, Development, & Service

WestEd’s roots extend back to 1966 when Congress first funded Regional Educational Laboratories across the country to help improve the education of the nation’s children. Since then, we've committed ourselves to tackle real-world challenges, often in partnerships with others, to make a positive difference in the lives of millions of children and adults.

Moving Leadership Standards Into Everyday Work: Descriptions of Practice, Second Edition — eBook Now Available!
10% Discount

Designed to develop and assess education leaders’ practice, this newly updated guide enhances the usefulness of the California Professional Standards for Education Leaders, identifying key knowledge and strategies administrators use to support all students to learn and thrive.

SimScientists: Enriching Science Learning and Assessment Through Simulations

SimScientists designs and tests exciting new ways of promoting and assessing student learning, bringing together the latest research and best practices from model-based reasoning, cognition and learning, e-learning design, and education measurement.

Visit the SimScientists website to learn more about this project's research and development studies.