A-Z List of Free SEDL Publications

Below is a list of SEDL publications available free online. There are additional publications available in the SEDL Store, where SEDL lists the publications available for sale.

There are 252 free resources available to you.

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Centers of Support: Assessing the U.S. Department of Education's Technical Assistance Program for ESEA Implementation (2011) This webinar was held November 7, 2011, and discusses the U.S. Department of Education's technical assistance program for implementing provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The author of an independent national evaluation of the program presented the study's major findings, and participants in the webinar had the chance to ask questions and discuss key elements with state officials.

Changing Mental Frameworks: One High School's Success Through a Triad Partnership: Issues About Change, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1994) This briefing paper details how staff, students, and parents changed the culture of a Texas high school, raised expectations, and improved working relationships and student performance.

Class Time and Student Learning: Texas Comprehensive Center Briefing Paper, Number 6 (2011) This brief examines the complex issue of the impact of class time lengths on student achievement, with a focus on the school year, school day, and how classroom time is spent.

Co-Developers: Partners in a Study of Professional Learning Communities: Issues About Change, Volume 8, Number 2 (2000) This publication reports one aspect of a national study focusing on the concept and development of Co-Developers in the Creating Communities of Continuous Inquiry and Improvement (CCCII) project at Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL).

Cognitive Foundations of Learning to Read: A Framework (2000) This book provides a concise summary of the research findings related to how children learn to read. A graphical representation of the framework is provided to familiarize teachers with the cognitive elements that research has shown to be essential in learning to read.

College- and Career-Readiness Standards and Assessment Resource List (2015) This biannual update provides a list of resources that focus on college- and career-readiness standards and assessment. It includes materials from the federal content centers, comprehensive centers, and regional educational laboratories, as well as other organizations with expertise in education policy, research, and technical assistance.

College- and Career-Readiness Standards and Assessment Resource List (Summer 2016) (2016) This biannual update provides a list of resources that focus on college- and career-readiness standards and assessment.

College- and Career-Readiness Standards and Assessment Resource List (Winter 2015–16) (2016) This biannual update provides a list of resources that focus on college- and career-readiness standards and assessment. It includes materials from the federal content centers, comprehensive centers, and regional educational laboratories, as well as other organizations with expertise in education policy, research, and technical assistance.

Common Core State Standards Video Series: ELA (2013) The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) videos are designed to support states, schools, and teachers in the implementation of the CCSS. Each video is an audiovisual resource that focuses on one or more specific standards and usually includes examples and illustrations geared to enhancing understanding.

Common Core State Standards Video Series: Mathematics (2012) The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) videos are designed to support states, schools, and teachers in the implementation of selected math standards. Each video is an audiovisual resource that focuses on one specific standard through examples and illustrations geared to enhancing understanding.

Comprehensive School Improvement: Addressing the Challenges: Issues About Change, Volume 9, Number 1 (2000) This publication, coupled with current nationwide interest in encouraging schools to adopt comprehensive reform strategies or programs, urgently communicates the need for school improvement.

Confronting and Managing Culture in a Changing Environment: Issues About Change, Volume 5, Number 4 (1995) This paper explains how a visionary superintendent restructured a junior high school into a middle school in a largely Hispanic New Mexico small town.

Connecting Kids to Mathematics and Science (2012) This nine-session professional development course provides teachers in grades 4–8 with hands-on experience in integrating mathematics, science, and technology in the classroom. The course is designed for use by an experienced trainer or facilitator and is available online free of charge.

Constructing Foundations for Success: Implications of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel Report (2009) The objectives of this forum included understanding implications of key recommendations of National Mathematics Panel Report (NMPR), connecting key NMPR recommendations to current work and state initiatives, and developing strategies for coordinated, leveraged actions across state initiatives that address key recommendations.

Creating a Context for Change: Issues About Change, Volume 2, Number 2 (1992) This publication describes 17 indicators of a school context that supports change and provides advice from educators who have successfully implemented improvements.

Creating Collaborative Action Teams: Working Together for Student Success (2000) This multi-media kit is a set of concepts, activities, and resources that individuals, school districts and other organizations can use to develop a partnership between home, school, community, and students at the local level.