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REL Technical Briefs is a new report series from Fast Response Projects that helps educators obtain evidence-based answers to their specific requests for information on pressing education issues. REL Technical Briefs offer highly targeted responses across a variety of subjects, from reviews of particu-lar studies or groups of studies on No Child Left Behind Act implementation issues, to compilations or quick summaries of state or local education agency data, appraisals of particular instruments or tools, and very short updates of Issues & Answers reports. All REL Technical Briefs meet Institute of Education Sciences (IES) standards for scientifically valid research