McREL earns grant for North Central Comprehensive Center


October 4, 2012

Denver—The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a five-year grant to Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) to manage the North Central Comprehensive Center (NCCC), which serves state education agencies in Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

The NCCC is one of 15 regional centers across the country that provide training and technical assistance to states in implementing and administering programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Through the center, McREL will help the North Central state education agencies increase their capacity to implement, support, scale up, and sustain improvement initiatives for student achievement outcomes. This work will align with the U.S. Department of Education’s identified priorities:

  • Implementing college- and career-ready standards and aligned, high-quality assessments
  • Identifying, recruiting, developing, and retaining highly effective teachers and leaders
  • Turning around the lowest performing schools
  • Ensuring the school readiness and success of preschool-age children and their successful transition to kindergarten
  • Building rigorous instructional pathways that support the successful transition of all students from secondary education to college
  • Identifying and scaling up innovative approaches to teaching and learning
  • Using data-based decision making 

NCCC Director Kathleen Dempsey will be meeting soon with each state’s chief school officer to review the plans for the center and the state’s education priorities, assign a McREL liaison, and determine membership of the center’s advisory board.

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