The Educational Needs Assessment Survey for the Regional Educational Laboratory West (REL West) will be conducted by BPA, under contract with WestEd. The purpose of the survey is to determine the needs of educators in the western region that REL West serves, which includes Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah.

Developed for teachers, school and district administrators, and school board members in the western states (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah), the survey is designed to yield valuable information about school practitioner needs and priorities as they relate to issues of school improvement, educating English learners, quality of teaching, teacher workforce, assessment, student readiness to learn, and secondary school reform--areas of concern and need in the region as identified by REL West staff outreach and state-level needs assessment activities over the last year, as well as reviews of recent policy and research reports. The purpose of this data collection is to supplement the REL West's ongoing needs assessment activities with education stakeholders at the state level in the region, as required under REL West's contract with the U.S. Department of Education. The information collected will be used to inform the direction and content of the REL West's research agenda in the coming years, as well as to provide broader information on needs to the audience of policymakers and other researchers in the region.