Resources

Instruments for SY 2022-2023 Uses of Title II, Part A Funds Survey

• Study of Title II-A Use of Funds: District Survey, 2022–23. PDF
• Study of Title II-A Use of funds: State Survey, 2022-23. PDF

Local Education Agency (LEA) and State Education Agency (SEA) Uses of Title II, Part A Funds

• State and District Use of Title II, Part A Funds in 2020-21 (August 2022). PDF (2 MB)
• State and District Use of Title II, Part A Funds in 2019-20 (June 2021).
• State and District Use of Title II, Part A Funds in 2018-19 (February 2021).

• Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers – provide technical assistance services focused on the implementation of reform programs.
• Equity Assistance Centers – provide assistance in the areas of race, gender, and national origin equity to public schools to promote equal educational opportunities.
• Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development – evaluates the performance of selected Department of Education programs and services to determine their effectiveness, efficiency, and equity.
• Institute for Educations Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Reginal Assistance (NCEE)—conducts unbiased, large-scale evaluations of education programs supported by federal funds; provides technical assistance; and supports the development and use of research and evaluation throughout the United States.
• Office of Safe and Supportive Schools: Safer Schools and Campuses Best Practices Clearinghouse—provides resources to help schools safely reopen and remain open for in-person learning and provide the academic, mental health, and social and emotional support that students, educators, and schools need to recover from the pandemic.
• IES: Studies of Distance Learning.
• IES: What Works Clearinghouse.

Studies of Interest

Recruitment and Retention / Professional Development / Principals and School Leaders / Residency Programs / Equity and Diversity / Data and Evidence / Other Topics

Recruitment and Retention

• REL Southwest: Early Progress and Outcomes of a Grow Your Own Grant Program for High School Students and Paraprofessionals in Texas (October 2022).
• Great Lakes Equity Center: The Costs of Educator Turnover (July 2022).
• Region 8 Comprehensive Center: Strategic Use of Data to Support Recruitment and Retention (May 2022).
• Comprehensive Center Network: Grow Your Own Strategies: Professional Learning Series for SEA, LEA, and GYO Program Leaders (May 2022).
• “Dear Colleague” Letter:  Teacher and Staff Shortages and ARP ESSER Funding (December 2021).
• REL West: Principal Retention Patterns in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah (December 2021).
• REL Northeast and Islands: Teacher Shortages in New York (November 2021).
• REL Northeast and Islands: Variation in Mentoring Practices and Retention across New Teacher Demographic Characteristics under a Large Urban District’s New Teacher Mentoring Program (September 2021).
• REL Midwest: Supports Associated with Teacher Retention in Michigan (September 2021).
• REL Northeast and Islands: Analyzing Teacher Mobility and Retention: Guidance and Considerations Report 1 (April 2021).
• REL Northeast and Islands: Analyzing Teacher Mobility and Retention: Guidance and Considerations Report 2 (April 2021).
• Region 12 Comprehensive Center: Addressing Educator Workforce Shortages: A State Comparison Brief (April 2021).
• REL Midwest: Understanding the Teacher Pipeline for Indiana’s K-12 Public Schools (March 2021).
• REL Central: An Approach to Using Student and Teacher Data to Understand and Predict Teacher Shortages (December 2020).
• REL Central: Retention, Mobility, and Attrition among School and District Leaders in Colorado, Missouri, and South Dakota (August 2020).
• National Comprehensive Center Brief: Strengthening the Teacher Workforce Through Selection Processes (2020).
• IES/NCEE Study: Study of Teacher Preparation Experiences and Early Teacher Effectiveness (September 2019).

Professional Development

• Great Lakes Equity Center: Asset-Based Approaches to Professional Learning (June 2022).
• Great Lakes Equity Center: Being a Critical Consumer of Professional Development Related to Educational Equity (June 2022).
• IES/NCEE Study: Study of Teacher Coaching Based on Classroom Videos: Impacts on Student Achievement and Teachers’ Practice (June 2022).
• Great Lakes Equity Center: Furthering School Integration Efforts in Local Communities: A Professional Development Manual for School District Stakeholders (February 2022).
• REL Northeast and Islands: Evaluating Professional Learning: Workshop Materials (December 2021).
• REL Midwest: Using Enhanced Coaching of Teachers to Improve Reading Achievement in Grades PreK-2 in Chicago Public Schools (September 2021).
• REL Northeast and Islands: Evaluating Professional Learning: A Tool for Schools and Districts (January 2021).
• State Support Network Resource: Designing Leadership Academies for Principal Professional Learning (April 2020).
• REL Appalachia: Literature review on effective online professional development (March 2018).
• IES/NCEE Study: Elementary School Math Professional Development Impact Evaluation (September 2016).

Principals and School Leaders

• Region 12 Comprehensive Center: Pathway to Advanced Performance: An Evaluation of the Missouri Leadership Development System (September 2022).
• Region 12 Comprehensive Center: Implementing with Fidelity and Impact: An Evaluation of the Missouri Leadership Development System (December 2021).
• REL Mid-Atlantic: Exploring the Potential Role of Staff Surveys in School Leader Evaluation (August 2021).
• IES/NCEE Study: Time to Lead: An Illustrative Look at How Elementary School Principals Spend Their Workweek (June 2021).
• State Support Network Resource: Designing Leadership Academies for Principal Professional Learning (April 2020).
• IES/NCEE Study: Impact Evaluation of Support for Principals (October 2019).
• OPEPD/PPSS Study: Leading Low-Performing Schools: Lessons from the Turnaround School Leaders Program (December 2018).

Residency Programs

• REL Southwest: The Louisiana Believe and Prepare Educator Preparation Reform: Findings from the Pilot and Early Implementation Years (December 2022).
• REL Mid-Atlantic: Exploring Early Implementation of Pennsylvania’s Innovative Teacher and Principal Residency Grants (November 2021).
• REL Southwest: Outcomes for Early Career Teachers Prepared through a Pilot Residency Program in Louisiana (May 2021).
• IES/NCEE Study: Implementation Evaluation of Teaching Residency Programs (August 2015).

Equity and Diversity

• Region 14 Comprehensive Center: Preparing for Difficult Conversations: Our Journey to Build Capacity to Address Equity in Districts (2022).
• Western Educational Equity Assistance Center: Diversity in the Educator Workforce Series (2022).
• Comprehensive Center Network: The Power of Teacher Diversity: Fostering Inclusive Conversations Through Mentoring (September 2021).
• REL Northwest: Pathways to Teaching: Teacher Diversity, Testing, Certification, and Employment in Washington State (June 2021).
• IES/NCEE Study: Study of the Distribution of Effective Teaching (October 2016).

Data and Evidence

• Region 8 Comprehensive Center: Strategic Use of Data to Support Recruitment and Retention (May 2022).
• REL Central: An Approach to Using Student and Teacher Data to Understand and Predict Teacher Shortages (December 2020).
• REL Midwest: In-Depth ESSA Tiers of Evidence Training for the Michigan Data Hub (July 2020).
• REL Midwest: Video on Understanding the ESSA Tiers of Evidence (September 2019).
• IES/NCEE Study: Evaluation of Support for Using Student Data to Inform Teachers’ Instruction (September 2019).

Other Topics

• IES/NCEE Study: The Transition to ESSA: State and District Approaches to Implementing Title I and Title II-A in 2017-18 (December 2020).
• IES/NCEE Study: Impact Evaluation of Teacher and Leader Performance Evaluation Systems (December 2017).
• IES/NCEE Study: Impact Evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund (December 2017).