Topic: Leadership for Instructional Improvement
Resources

District Strategies to Reduce Student Absenteeism
This brief from EdResearch for Recovery categorizes evidence-based strategies for reducing student absenteeism into three tiers: reaching all students with broad-based and preventative supports, targeting students with signs of risks, and responding to chronic absence with coordinated supports. The...

Rhode Island Science of Reading and Structured Literacy: Resource Bank for Syllabi Refinement
This tool includes identified resources that educator preparation programs, districts/schools, and professional development providers can use to build educator awareness and apply research-based literacy practices....

Diversifying The Teacher Workforce: Research and Strategies
This IES infographic summarizes several research findings related to diversity in the teacher workforce. It also includes recommendations for promising strategies related to recruiting and retaining a more diverse pool of classroom teachers....

What Can You Discover About Literacy at the What Works Clearinghouse?
This infographic provides a brief overview of how teachers, administrators, and policymakers can use the What Works Clearinghouse site to explore literacy resources. It also provides links to practice guides, study reviews, and other What Works Clearinghouse tools....

Starting Within: How Mississippi is Setting a Vision and Plan for Inclusive Leadership
This case study shares how Mississippi is working to align principal preparation programs to the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders....

District Systems to Support Equitable and High-Quality Teaching and Learning
This brief addresses the question: What changes in central office systems are likely to support principals in leading for equitable, high-quality teaching and learning? The brief shares key insights before providing more detail about each insight with links to...

Policies and Practices for Explicit Instruction
As part of the Meadows Center “10 Key” series, this document provides ten research-based recommendations to support schools, districts, and states in identifying and implementing explicit instruction at the elementary and secondary levels. Several brief scenarios provide specific examples...

Evidence in Education: Effect Size Basics
This REL-West infographic presents resource links and key information on “effect size” to clarify the influential elements, significance, and interpretation of effect sizes produced from research studies. The infographic provides the necessary fundamentals for educators to use in identifying...

Observing Special Education Toolkit
This toolkit, developed based on research conducted through an Institute of Education Sciences grant, introduces five evidence-based instructional practices for students with disabilities. The toolkit defines each practice and provides excerpts of teaching demonstrating the practice. The toolkit also...

Leaders in the Tumult: Schooling Innovations and New Perspectives from a Year Interrupted
This brief is the first of three contracted by the National Association of Elementary School Principals to better understand how schooling changed between March 2020 and June 2021. The brief shares principals’ perspectives on changes and innovations in schools...