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| Our Collective Capacity Collectively, Alliance members form a dynamic and powerful community of researchers, educational developers, service providers, and entrepreneurs who are addressing the most urgent education problems in the U.S. and abroad. Essential Capabilities for Transforming Education Our member organizations are national leaders in education. They have the essential capabilities to transform educational practices and tools. They conduct research, develop quality education tools, and provide vital technical assistance and professional development services. Our members have extensive dissemination activities efforts directed at educators and policy makers. Many of the members also conduct experimental/quasi-experimental research, and provide policy analysis services. Expertise in Every Critical Education Issue Our members conduct work in nearly 50 topical areas spanning the education spectrum from early childhood to post-secondary education. The area is which most of the members conduct work is school reform and in areas emphasized by No Child Left Behind – teacher quality, accountability, educational standards, data-based decision making, and reading. Among the other topical areas in which members work are after-school, charter schools, curriculum, English language learners, gifted and talented, math/science, leadership, rural education, school safety, and technology. Powerful Capacity for Sustainable & Scalable Effect Revenue for our members totaled nearly $1 billion in 2005. Collectively, our members employ more than 5,000 of the nation’s best researchers, trainers, and analysts . Nationwide Reach to Every School in Every State The reach of our members extends to every school in each of the nation’s 15,000 school districts. Extensive Experience Abroad In recent years, Our members have also provided services to over 80 foreign nations including Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Malaysia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Portugal, Senegal, Tanzania, Thailand, Yemen, and Zambia. Dynamic Vision for a Changing World Our members continually refine and build new capacities to help meet the needs of educators and policy makers. Among the capacity areas most frequently cited for development are experimental/quasi-experimental research and evaluation; professional development; consultative services/technical assistance; policy analysis and assessment; and evaluation. |