My research focuses mostly on applied education topics—such as college and career readiness, teacher preparation, post-secondary course placement—and linguistics. Most of my research has been in the Pacific region.
Peer-Reviewed Reports
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D’Amelio, E., Erichsen, K., Johnson, H. E., Rentz, B., , Kriescher, D., & Nastasi, J. (Under Review). Understanding the use of an early warning system to support tier 2 literacy interventions in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System. McREL International.
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Shannon, L., Gruber, J., Rentz, B., Vila, C., Erichsen, K., & Nastasi, J. (In Press). Examining the English Language Arts Placement System at the College of the Marshall Islands. McREL International.
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Rentz, B., Soalablai, S., Saelua, N.A., & McCarthy, A. (2024). Teacher Certification, Retention, and Recruitment in Palau: Understanding Graduation Patterns of Teacher Education Students at Palau Community College (REL 2025-008). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=palau&id=ED662063
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Erichsen, E., Rentz, B., Linick, M., & Arens, S.A. (2024). Legends of Learning: Math Basecamp Use and Math Achievement in Rialto Unified School District McREL International https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED656319.pdf
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Rentz, B., Merth, R., Dey, D., Jones, L.M., & Arens, S.A. (2022). Literacy Footprints Guided Reading System Effects on Grade 3 English Language Arts Assessment Performance. McREL International https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED623892.pdf
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Crowder, M. K., Holquist, S. E., Rentz, B., Arens, S.A. (2021). Associations between high school students’ social-emotional competencies and their high school and college academic and behavioral outcomes in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (REL 2021–102). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED613878.pdf
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Donahue, T., Rentz, B., Santos, M., Aguon, A.C. & Arens, S. A. (2021). Using high school and college data to predict teacher candidates’ performance on the Praxis at Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam) (REL 2021–104). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED613684.pdf
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Rentz, B., Holquist, S. E., Nardi, C. L., Simion, K., Martin, P., & Arens, S. A. (2021). Using high school data to explore early college success on Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (REL 2021–092). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED613208.pdf
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Shannon, L., Cosby, A., Rentz, B., Henschel, M., Arens, S.A., & Holquist, S.E. (2021). Using High School Data to Predict College Readiness and Early College Success on Guåhan (Guam) (REL 2021–073). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED611775.pdf
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Shannon, L., Cosby, A., Rentz, B., Henschel, M., Arens, S.A., & Crowder, M. (2021). Demographic and Academic Characteristics Associated with College Readiness and Early College Success in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (REL 2021–072). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED611200.pdf
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Rentz, B., Holquist, S. E., Nardi, C., Arens, S.A., Stuit, D., Rhinesmith, E., Nicotera, A., & Plotz, M. (2021). Using High School Data to Predict College Success in Palau (REL 2021–059). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED610714.pdf
Journal Articles
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Berez-Kroeker, A., Handley, N., Rentz, B., Yoshioka, J., Anderson, V, & McDonnell, B. (2020). Supporting small languages together: The history and impact of the International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation series. Language Documentation & Conservation, 14, 642–666. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24966
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Goodwin, B. & Rentz, B. (2020). Research Matters: Let's Think About This. Education Leadership, 77(4), 82--83 https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/lets-think-about-this
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Rentz, B. (2017). Topological Relations in Pohnpeian. Linguistics Vanguard, 3(1), 20160092. https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2016-0092
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Stockdale, C. J., Rentz, B., Vandrevala, C. M., Weiler, K. W., Immler, S., van Dyk, S. D., Panagia, N., Marcaide, J. M., Pooley, D., Sramek, R. A., & Ryder, S. (2009). Supernova 2009gj in NGC 134. International Astronomical Union Circular, 9056. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009IAUC.9056....1S
Dissertation
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Rentz, B. (2018). Pohnpei sohte ehu [Pohnpei is not one]: A survey- and interview-based approach to language attitudes on Pohnpei [Doctoral dissertation, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa]. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/62508