Honoring Identity by Recognizing Diversity
This month Education Northwest celebrates the rich complexity of Latinx identity. Latinx heritage includes many distinct countries, cultures, histories, and languages. We recognize the value that these diverse perspectives bring to our community.
New Resource
9 Tips for Creating Engaging Online Experiences
A well-designed virtual conference can be just as engaging and useful—or lackluster and uninspiring—as an in-person event. Follow our checklist to level up your online conferences. We also offer four recommendations that can help you think outside the box. Up your online conference game today.
Northwest Matters Blog
Using Accountability Testing as a Flashlight in Post-pandemic Education
Jacob Williams | June 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, accountability testing didn’t happen in 2019–20, and critics say we shouldn’t bring it back. On our blog, Jacob Williams argues that even though the current approach has issues that must be addressed, accountability testing serves an important purpose—it provides data to show us where gaps exist so we can address them (which will be even more crucial as we try to measure the pandemic’s impact on education)—and that we should not eliminate the current system without having an improved replacement ready to go.
Consultation
We offer literacy expertise across the spectrum, from early literacy to postsecondary and from English learners to special education students and children with dyslexia. We offer training and technical assistance specifically designed for educators and educational leaders to build the strengths and literacy of all students.
Leadership Development
We partner with educators to find solutions to their unique literacy needs that includes supporting students with disabilities. Drawing from a wide range of evidence-backed strategies that match specific learning environments, we collaborate with our clients to identify the content and delivery methods that best meet their needs.
Program Evaluation
We provide data and analysis to help our clients assess their literacy efforts. We work closely with leaders to create customized evaluations in areas ranging from early literacy to adolescent reading. We also have deep experience with literacy research and have served literacy policy consultants to lawmakers and school leaders.
Federal Projects
REL Northwest
Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest is one of 10 regional educational laboratories across the nation dedicated to improving the use of research and data in policy and classroom practice. REL Northwest is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences.
Region 17 Comprehensive Center
The Region 17 CC at Education Northwest is part of a national network of 19 CCs funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The network’s goal is to provide high-impact training and technical services to education leaders across the country.
Subscribe to our mailing list
Get our latest resources, news, and events to help you improve teaching and learning.
Why we do what we do
It has been a pleasure working with you and your organization, as you have demonstrated professionalism and calmness under pressure and delivered a tool that we can all be proud of.
Brian Sales;
National Mentoring Partnership
We have not only received valuable guidance on mentoring best practices, but have had the opportunity to deeply reflect on our entire organizational structure, and make it better!
Executive Director;
Portland-area nonprofit