Upcoming Webinars
Achieving Dramatic Improvement: An Exploratory Study
September 22 
10:30am (PT)
Martin Orland, Director of WestEd’s Evaluation Research Program and an author of “Achieving Dramatic Improvement: An Exploratory Study,” will identify reform-related approaches and themes common across 11 schools that stood out from a larger study for their significant improvement in student achievement. The webinar will also describe differences in the specifics of the schools’ improvement efforts.
Presenters:
Director, Evaluation and Policy Research
WestEd
Our district is so rural that it is difficult to attend a lot of trainings. This format allowed me to attend without 2-5 hours of travel one way. THANKS.
—Webinar Participant
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