WestEd contributes to the knowledge base in education and related social sciences by publishing research and evaluation studies. Search hundreds of reports and publications, most of which can be downloaded for free. We offer descriptive and impact studies as well as research reviews, syntheses, and more, on many critical topics.
This brief describes how a statewide system of technical assistance in California to support school-based behavioral health might be structured to create improved statewide access to technical assistance for local educational agencies and their partners.
Read about research into how California’s short-term investments align with districts’ highest priority needs for supporting students’ mental and behavioral health and with the state’s goal of advancing integrated, school-based systems of care to support students in the long term.
This brief report describes a new observation tool developed by mathematics education experts called Equity Quantified In Participation (EQUIP). The tool aims to support teachers in identifying and addressing inequities in classroom participation.
This report examines the cost and effectiveness of using the ASSISTments program as an online math support tool. The study sought to replicate previous findings on the impact of ASSISTments on student learning in seventh-grade classrooms.
WestEd partnered with schools to provide guidance on effective MTSS implementation and studied its effects on student outcomes. This interim report provides initial analyses of student-level impacts.
This report covers the impact of the Silicon Valley Research Practice Partnership for Computational Thinking and Positive Identity for Computer Science on computational thinking and positive identity toward STEM for Latina students in grades 4 and 5 during the 2022–23 and 2023–24 school years.