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McREL: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning, delivering research and practical guidance to educators
Areas of Expertise

Our Work: What we do

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McREL provides research, products, and services in two key focus areas of Teaching & Learning and Leadership & Systems, comprised of six areas of work.

McREL's focus areas: teaching & learning, and leadership & systems. McREL's lines of work: curriculum & instruction, standards & assessment, learning 24/7, leadership development, school & systems improvement, policy & strategy

Education Research Education results at McREL: each year, we help thousands of educators improve the acnivement of their students. (picture of teacher writing with a black marker.)
We conduct rigorous studies and synthesize existing research.
Education Products

Through our Web site & publishing partners, we sell products to educators worldwide.
Education Services
We are a recognized leader in the education staff development and services market.

How our work is supported
Our work is supported by a combination of royalties from product sales and licenses, state and local contracts for professional development and consulting, and federal funds. Our major federal programs, projects, and grants are listed below.

REL Central at McREL
Through our U.S. Department of Education-funded regional educational laboratory contract, we provide research-based guidance to educators in a seven-state region.

North Central Comprehensive Center
We provide research-based services to education agencies of five states through our U.S. Department of Education-funded U.S. North Central Comprehensive Center.

National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning
As a subcontractor to the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), we provides training and technical assistance to afterschool program staff in a 14-state region that spans from Colorado to Ohio.

NASA / JPL
McREL supports education and public outreach for two NASA space missions, Genesis and Dawn.