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Content Centers

Center on Instruction
The Center on Instruction supports the Regional Comprehensive Centers as they serve state education leaders in the work of helping schools and districts meet the goals of No Child Left Behind-to close the achievement gap and improve teaching and learning for all students. The Center on Instruction offers information on NCLB and best practices in reading, math, science, Special Education, and ELL instruction; syntheses of recent scientific research on instruction; and opportunities for professional development.

Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center
The Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center implements, evaluates, and improves assessment and accountability systems so that states and districts can reach the NCLB goal of academic proficiency for all students.

National High School Center
The National High School Center is a central source of information and expertise on high school improvement issues for the Regional Comprehensive Centers. In helping the Comprehensive Centers build capacity of states across the nation to effectively implement the goals of No Child Left Behind relating to high schools, the National High School Center identifies effective programs and tools, offers user-friendly products, and provides high-quality technical assistance to support the use of research-based approaches within high school learning communities.

Center on Innovation and Improvement
The Center on Innovation and Improvement's mission is to provide information, tools, and training to the Regional Comprehensive Centers so they can help states improve student learning by assisting districts and schools in their improvement; implementing and supporting the choice provisions of NCLB; increasing the number and quality of charter schools; and ensuring equitable participation of private school students and teachers in federal programs for which they are eligible.

National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality
The National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality is the premier national resource to which the Regional Comprehensive Centers, states, and other education stakeholders turn for strengthening the quality of teaching-especially in high-poverty, low-performing, and hard-to-staff schools-and for finding guidance in addressing specific needs, thereby ensuring highly qualified teachers are serving students with special needs.