Professional learning resources to improve schools’ cultural relevance, equity and sustainability
A Resource for Educators
with Diverse Students
We are happy to share several digital professional learning opportunities with you to support the needs of diverse students. We provide several ways to interact with this content, from engaging videos to white papers on the latest research.
Access
Supporting all students to have the opportunity to take ownership over their own learning.
Cultural Sustainability
Supporting diverse students and communities to leverage their schools in sustaining their cultures.
Equity
Supporting all students to receive an education of excellence, matched to their needs, to reach their potential.
The Professional Learning Series
Read through the descriptions of each of these professional learning series and choose which is right for you and your team. These series are independent of one another and are not intended to be used in any particular order.
Culturally Responsive Instruction For Native American Students
This series provides a framework for instruction that emphasizes experiential, active, and student-centered learning. This framework will guide you on your journey to become more knowledgeable with your students’ cultures and communities.
Formative Assessment For Native American Student Learning
This series helps instructors know where each student is on their learning pathway, and then target instructional experiences matched to their learning levels and aligned to their cultural context.
Formative Assessment In Action
This series contains videos and associated resources to help teachers and those who support teachers to understand the formative assessment process.
Formative Assessment Project
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about this site
A collaboration between CRESST and Center X
CRESST and Center X are dedicated to supporting teachers as they strive to provide instruction that is culturally sustaining, equitable, and accessible. Our organizations are both thrilled to be able to provide these free resources to all teachers, regardless if they work in urban or rural areas, or in small or large districts. These series range from promoting the development of indigenous students’ language and content learning with formative assessment to supporting districts in implementing formative assessment at local school sites. We hope these resources are useful for all who come across them, and we welcome your feedback!
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UCLA CRESST
We are a national research center at the forefront of educational innovation. The groundbreaking work we do in assessment and evaluation has shaped the very fabric of our field. This is where you will find methodologies and technologies that are solving today’s most pressing challenges and improving the quality of education across the globe.
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UCLA Center X
Center X provides a unique setting where researchers and practitioners collaborate to design and conduct programs that prepare and support K-12 teachers and administrators committed to social justice, instructional excellence, the integration of research and practice, and caring in low-income urban schools.
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