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IES distributes the research and technical assistance products of the Regional Educational Laboratories widely so that education practitioners throughout the United States can benefit from them. These products are peer reviewed for technical soundness, readability, and relevance to the concerns of education practitioners.

Major products can be found on the REL website: REL Lookup. New products resulting from recently awarded contracts for the 2012–2017 RELs will be posted on the this site as they become available. Information on projects underway at each of these RELs can be found at: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/. To receive notices of products as they are released, sign up for the IES Newsflash.

Selected Publications Produced Under the 2006–2011 REL contracts:

• REL Appalachia at CNA, Inc.: Effects of the Kentucky Virtual Schools' Hybrid Program for Algebra I on Grade 9 Student Math Achievement
• REL Central at Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL): A Study of the Effectiveness of a School Improvement Intervention (Success in Sight)
• REL Mid-Atlantic at Pennsylvania State University: The Effects of Connected Mathematics 2 on Math Achievement in Grade 6 in the Mid-Atlantic Region
• REL Midwest at Learning Point Associates: Calculating the Ability of Within-School Teacher Supply to Meet the Demands of New Requirements: The Example of the Michigan Merit Curriculum
• REL Northeast & Islands at Education Development Center, Inc.: Access to Algebra I: The Effects of Online Mathematics for Grade 8 Students
• REL Northwest at Education Northwest: An Experimental Study of the Project CRISS Reading Program on Grade 9 Reading Achievement in Rural High Schools
• REL Pacific at Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL): Comparing the Achievement Patterns of Native Hawaiian and Non-Native Hawaiian Grade 8 Students in Reading and Math
• REL Southeast at the SERVE Center at UNC-Greensboro: Effectiveness of a Program to Accelerate Vocabulary Development in Kindergarten (VOCAB): First Grade Follow-up Impact Report and Exploratory Analyses of Kindergarten Impacts
• REL Southwest at Edvance Research: An Evaluation of Number Rockets: A Tier-2 Intervention for Grade 1 Students at Risk for Difficulties in Mathematics
• REL West at WestEd: Effects of Making Sense of SCIENCE Professional Development on the Achievement of Middle School Students, Including English Language Learners

REL Appalachia

• A Descriptive Study of Enrollment in Supplemental Educational Services in the Four REL Appalachia Region States
• Aligning Career and Technical Education with High-Wage and High-Demand Occupations in Tennessee
• Assessing the Likelihood Virginia Public Schools will Meet the Central Goal of No Child Left Behind: Having Every Student Proficient
• Changes in the Cost of Energy in One State's School Districts
• Descriptive Analyses of English Language Learner Student Enrollment Data in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia
• Effects of the Kentucky Virtual Schools’ Hybrid Program for Algebra I on Grade 9 Student Math Achievement
• Estimating College Enrollment Rates for 2008 Virginia Public High School Graduates
• Participation During the First Four Years of Tennessee’s Voluntary Prekindergarten Program
• Prekindergarten Participation Rates in West Virginia
• Preparing to Serve English Language Learner Students: School Districts with Emerging English Language Learner Communities
• Registering Students from Language Backgrounds Other Than English
• Superintendent Turnover in Kentucky
• The Relationship Between Changes in the Percentage of Students Passing and in the Percentage Testing Advanced on State Assessment Tests for Kentucky and Virginia
• West Virginia's Progress Toward Universal Prekindergarten

REL Central

• A Study of the Effectiveness of a School Improvement Intervention (Success in Sight)
• Access to Supplemental Educational Services in the Central Region States
• Classroom Assessment for Student Learning: Impact on Elementary School Mathematics in the Central Region: Final Report
• Effects of Curriculum and Teacher Professional Development on the Language Proficiency of Elementary English Language Learner Students in the Central Region
• Examining American Indian Perspectives in the Central Region on Parent Involvement in Children's Education
• High School Dropout and Graduation Rates in the Central Region
• High School Standards and Expectations for College and the Workplace
• Partnerships Between Tribal Education Departments and Local Education Agencies
• Preparing Teachers to Teach in Rural Schools
• Student Mobility in Rural and Nonrural Districts in Five Central Region States
• Teaching English Language Learner Students: Professional Standards in Elementary Education in Central Region States
• Using Strategy Instruction to Help Struggling High Schoolers Understand What They Read
• What States Can Learn About State Standards and Assessment Systems from No Child Left Behind Documents and Interviews with Central Region Assessment Directors

REL Mid-Atlantic

• A Descriptive Analysis of Enrollment and Achievement Among English Language Learner Students in Delaware
• A Descriptive Analysis of Enrollment and Achievement Among English Language Learner Students in Maryland
• A Descriptive Analysis of Enrollment and Achievement Among English Language Learner Students in New Jersey
• A Descriptive Analysis of Enrollment and Achievement Among English Language Learner Students in Pennsylvania
• A Descriptive Analysis of Enrollment and Achievement Among English Language Learner Students in the District of Columbia
• A Multisite Cluster Randomized Trial of the Effects of Compass Learning Odyssey Math on the Math Achievement of Selected Grade 4 Students in the Mid-Atlantic Region
• Analyzing Performance by Pennsylvania Grade 8 Hispanic Students on the 2007/08 State Assessment
• Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Mid-Atlantic Region School Districts: Additions to a Dropout Prevention Database
• Subgroups and Adequate Yearly Progress in Mid-Atlantic Region Schools
• The Effects of Connected Mathematics 2 on Math Achievement in Grade 6 in the Mid-Atlantic Region
• The Predictive Validity of Selected Benchmark Assessments Used in the Mid-Atlantic Region
• The Students with Disabilities Subgroup and Adequate Yearly Progress in Mid-Atlantic Region Schools
• What English Language Arts, Math, and Science Instructional Materials have Districts in the Mid-Atlantic Region States Adopted?
• What Four States are Doing to Support Local Data-Driven Decision-Making: Policies, Practices, and Programs

REL Midwest

• A Descriptive Analysis of the Principal Workforce in Wisconsin
• Calculating the Ability of Within-School Teacher Supply to Meet the Demands of New Requirements: The Example of the Michigan Merit Curriculum
• Changes in Student Populations and Teacher Workforce in Low-Performing Chicago Schools Targeted for Reform
• Characteristics of Midwest Region School Districts Identified for Improvement
• Differences in Spending in School Districts Across Geographic Locales in Minnesota
• Evaluation of the Content Literacy Continuum: Report on Program Impacts, Program Fidelity, and Contrast
• Examining District Guidance to Schools on Teacher Evaluation Policies in the Midwest Region
• Getting the Evidence for Evidence-Based Initiatives: How the Midwest States Use Data Systems to Improve Education Processes and Outcomes
• Methodologies Used by Midwest Region States for Studying Teacher Supply and Demand
• New Data Needed: Improving Survey Research On Two-Year College Experiences
• Parent Involvement and Extended Learning Activities in School Improvement Plans in the Midwest Region
• Performance in Science on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments–Series II for Students in Grades 5 and 8
• Snapshots of Indiana's Full-Day Kindergarten Programs Before and After the State's Funding Increase for the Program
• State Policies and Procedures on Response to Intervention in the Midwest Region
• State Policies on Teacher Evaluation Practices in the Midwest Region
• The Impact of the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Program on Student Reading Achievement
• Using the Freshman On-Track Indicator to Predict Graduation in Two Urban Districts in the Midwest Region

REL Northeast & Islands

• A Description of Foundation Skills Interventions for Struggling Middle-grade Readers in Four Urban Northeast and Islands Region School Districts
• A Descriptive Analysis of State-Supported Formative Assessment Initiatives in New York and Vermont
• A Second Follow-up Year for Measuring how Benchmark Assessments Affect Student Achievement
• Access to Algebra I: The Effects of Online Mathematics for Grade 8 Students
• An Analysis of State Data on the Distribution of Teaching Assignments Filled by Highly Qualified Teachers in New York Schools
• An Examination of Performance Based Teacher Evaluation Systems in Five States
• Analyzing Performance by Hispanic High School Students on the Massachusetts State Assessment
• Developing the "Compendium of Strategies to Reduce Teacher Turnover in the Northeast and Islands Region": a Companion to the Database
• Do States Have Certification Requirements for Preparing General Education Teachers to Teach Students with Disabilities? Experience In the Northeast and Islands Region
• Features of State Response to Intervention Initiatives in Northeast and Islands Region States
• Five States' Efforts to Improve Adolescent Literacy
• Gender Gaps in Assessment Outcomes in Vermont and the United States
• How Eight State Education Agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region Identify and Support Low–Performing Schools and Districts
• How State Education Agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region Support Data-Driven Decision Making in Districts and Schools
• How Student and School Characteristics are Associated with Performance on the Maine High School Assessment
• Impact of the Thinking Reader Software Program on Grade 6 Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, Strategies, and Motivation
• Math Education Practices for Students with Disabilities and Other Struggling Learners: Case Studies of Six Schools in Two Northeast and Islands Region States
• Measuring How Benchmark Assessments Affect Student Achievement
• New Measures of English Language Proficiency and Their Relationship to Performance on Large-Scale Content Assessments
• Parent Involvement Strategies in Urban Middle and High Schools in the Northeast and Islands Region
• Performance Patterns for Students with Disabilities in Grade 4 Mathematics Education in Massachusetts
• Performance Patterns for Students with Disabilities in Grade 4 Mathematics Education in New York State
• Piloting a Searchable Database of Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Low-Income Urban School Districts in the Northeast and Islands Region
• Processes and Challenges in Identifying Learning Disabilities Among English Language Learner Students in three New York State Districts
• The Characteristics and Experiences of Beginning Teachers in Seven Northeast and Islands Region States and Nationally
• Updating a Searchable Database of Dropout Prevention Programs and Policies in Nine Low-Income Urban School Districts in the Northeast and Islands Region
• What Characteristics of Bullying, Bullying Victims, and Schools are Associated with Increased Reporting of Bullying to School Officials?

REL Northwest

• "Coach" Can Mean Many Things: Five Categories of Literacy Coaches in Reading First
• Achievement Gap Patterns of Grade 8 American Indian and Alaska Native Students in Reading and Mathematics
• An Experimental Study of the Project CRISS Reading Program on Grade 9 Reading Achievement in Rural High Schools
• An Investigation of the Impact of the 6+1 Trait® Writing Model on Grade 5 Student Writing Achievement
• Analysis of the Developmental Functioning of Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education Populations in Oregon
• Analysis of Title IIB Mathematics and Science Partnerships in the Northwest Region
• English Language Proficiency Levels of Limited English Proficient Students in Idaho
• How Northwest Region States Are Responding To Schools In Need of Improvement
• How Well Prepared and Supported are New Teachers? Results for the Northwest Region from the 2003/04 Schools and Staffing Survey
• Indian Education Policies in Five Northwest Region States
• Meeting Oregon's New High School Math Graduation Requirements: Examining Student Enrollment and Teacher Availability
• Models of Response to Intervention in the Northwest Region States
• New and Experienced Teachers in a School Reform Initiative: The Example of Reading First
• Parent Involvement Activities in School Improvement Plans in the Northwest Region
• Student-Reported Overt and Relational Aggression and Victimization in Grades 3–8
• Supplemental Educational Services and Implementation Challenges in the Northwest Region States
• What are the Characteristics, Qualifications, Roles, and Functions of School Support Teams? An Examination of Survey Results for Four Northwest Region States

REL Pacific

• A Status Report on Middle School Mathematics Assessment and Student Achievement in the Pacific Region
• Comparing the Achievement Patterns of Native Hawaiian and Non-Native Hawaiian Grade 8 Students in Reading and Math
• Effects of the Pacific CHILD Professional Development Program
• English Language Proficiency Assessment in the Pacific Region
• Nutrition and Physical Education Policy and Practice in the Pacific Region
• Preparing and Licensing High Quality Teachers in Pacific Region Jurisdictions
• The Status of Large-Scale Assessment in the Pacific Region
• The Status of the Preparation and Hiring of School Principals in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Region

REL Southeast

• A Review Of Methods and Instruments Used In State and Local School Readiness Evaluations
• Characteristics of Career Academies in 12 Florida School Districts
• Effectiveness of a Program to Accelerate Vocabulary Development in Kindergarten (VOCAB): First Grade Follow-up Impact Report and Exploratory Analyses of Kindergarten Impacts
• Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative (AMSTI)
• Evidence-Based Decisionmaking: Assessing Reading Across the Curriculum Interventions
• Levers For Change: Southeast Region State Initiatives To Improve High Schools
• Measuring Student Engagement in Upper Elementary through High School: A Description of 21 Instruments
• Plans to Adopt and Implement Common Core State Standards in the Southeast Region States
• Preparing Elementary School Teachers in the Southeast Region to Work with Students with Disabilities
• Reducing Stereotype Threat in Classrooms: A Review of Social-Psychological Intervention Studies on Improving the Achievement of Black Students
• Replication of a Career Academy Model: The Georgia Central Educational Center and Four Replication Sites
• State Policies and Procedures and Selected Local Implementation Practices in Response to Intervention in the Six Southeast Region States
• The Effectiveness of a Program to Accelerate Vocabulary Development in Kindergarten
• Title III Accountability Policies and Outcomes For K–12: Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives for English Language Learner Students in Southeast Region States
• Who Enrolls in Dual Enrollment and Other Acceleration Programs in Florida High Schools?

REL Southwest

• A Review of Avoidable Losses: High Stakes Accountability and the Dropout Crisis
• A Systematic Comparison of the American Diploma Project College Readiness Standards with those of the ACT, College Board, and Standards For Success
• Aligning Mathematics Assessment Standards: Arkansas and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Mathematics Assessment Standards: Louisiana and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Mathematics Assessment Standards: New Mexico and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Mathematics Assessment Standards: Oklahoma and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Mathematics Assessment Standards: Texas and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Assessment Standards: Louisiana and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Assessment Standards: New Mexico and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Assessment Standards: Oklahoma and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Assessment Standards: Texas and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Aligning Science Standards: Arkansas and the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
• Alternate Assessments for Special Education Students in the Southwest Region States
• An Evaluation of Number Rockets: A Tier-2 Intervention for Grade 1 Students at Risk for Difficulties in Mathematics
• Applying an On Track Indicator for High School Graduation: Adapting the Consortium on Chicago School Research Indicator for Five Texas Districts
• Are Texas' English Language Arts and Reading Standards College Ready?
• Does a Summer Reading Program Based on Lexiles Affect Reading Comprehension?
• Examining Context and Challenges in Measuring Investment in Professional Development: A Case Study of Six School Districts in the Southwest Region
• Formative Assessment Policies, Programs, and Practices in the Southwest Region
• How Prepared are Students for College-Level Reading? Applying a Lexile-Based Approach
• How Prepared Are Subgroups of Texas Students for College-Level Reading?
• How the Government Defines Rural has Implications for Education Policies and Practices
• La Frontera: Student Achievement In Texas Border and Nonborder Districts
• Reviewing the Evidence On How Teacher Professional Development Affects Student Achievement
• The Impact of Collaborative Strategic Reading on the Reading Comprehension of Grade 5 Students in Linguistically Diverse Schools

REL West

• A Multistate Review of Professional Teaching Standards
• Accommodations for English Language Learner Students: The Effect of Linguistic Modification of Math Test Item Sets
• Achievement Trends of Schools and Students in Arizona’s Title I School Improvement Program
• An Analysis of Utah's K–3 Reading Improvement Program
• Characteristics of Arizona School Districts in Improvement
• Characteristics of California School Districts in Program Improvement
• Characteristics of California School Districts in Program Improvement: 2008 Update
• Comparing Achievement Trends in Reading and Math Across Arizona Public School Student Subgroups
• Course-taking Patterns and Preparation for Postsecondary Education in California's Public University Systems Among Minority Youth
• Do Schools in Rural and Nonrural Districts Allocate Resources Differently? An Analysis of Spending and Staffing Patterns in the West Region States
• Effects of Making Sense of SCIENCE Professional Development on the Achievement of Middle School Students, Including English Language Learners
• Effects of Problem Based Economics on High School Economics Instruction
• Evaluation of Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC): An On-site Training of Caregivers
• Evaluation of Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL) Professional Development
• Examining Independent Study High Schools in California
• Examining the Links Between Grade 12 Mathematics Coursework and Mathematics Remediation in Nevada Public Colleges and Universities
• How California's Local Education Agencies Evaluate Teachers and Principals
• Implementation of the Weighted Student Formula Policy in San Francisco: a Descriptive Study of an Equity-Driven, Student-Based Planning and Budgeting Policy
• Lessons in Character Impact Evaluation
• Measuring Resilience and Youth Development: The Psychometric Properties of the Healthy Kids Survey
• Patterns of Student Mobility Among English Language Learner Students in Arizona Public Schools
• Projected School Administrator Needs through 2017/2018 in California
• Retirement Patterns of California Prekindergarten – Grade 12 Educators
• School-site Administrators: a California County and Regional Perspective on Labor Market Trends
• The Distribution of Teaching and Learning Resources in California's Middle and High Schools
• The Reenrollment of High School Dropouts in a Large, Urban School District
• The Relationship Between English Proficiency and Content Knowledge for English Language Learner Students in Grades 10 And 11 in Utah
• The Status of State-level Response to Intervention Policies and Procedures in the West Region States and Five Other States
• Training Early Intervention Assistants in California's Community Colleges
• Trends in California Teacher Demand: A County and Regional Perspective
• Updated Multistate Review of Professional Teaching Standards
• Where Do English Language Learner Students Go to School? Student Distribution By Language Proficiency in Arizona