A key premise of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is that schools should provide a high-quality education to all students.

To help schools meet this laudable goal, McREL provides numerous resources, listed below, that support the success of all students, including those with diverse needs, perspectives, and cultural and economic backgrounds.

Because achievement gaps are often evident even before students enter school, McREL has developed early literacy measurement and teaching techniques built on 30 years of rigorous research.

Our early literacy experts provide training and consulting in scaffolding early literacy to help teachers improve students' early literacy skills.

Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement

Research suggests that technology in schools can increase student achievement. But it takes more than simply putting computers in the classroom: to realize the promise of educational technology, your school needs a comprehensive, integrated technology implementation plan. To help you get there, McREL offers a variety of educational technology products and services, including school and district technology audits, in-depth consulting, and online and in-person technology professional development for elementary, middle, and high school educators.

Advancing the science of classroom instruction

McREL is a nationally recognized leader in the field of instruction, creating such research-based, teacher manuals as Classroom Instruction that Works.

Helping school leaders make a difference

Translating research into effective reading and writing

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 calls on schools to employ research-based strategies for ensuring every child can read and write well.

We invite you to click on the links below to explore the many research-based literacy products and services McREL offers.

Professional development that makes a difference

Making a difference in rural education

McREL's long history of serving educators in the nation's heartland gives us a deep understanding of the challenges that confront rural educators — for example, overcoming professional isolation, recruiting and retaining qualified teachers, and offering advanced curriculum in small schools.

Helping schools get Success in Sight

By drawing upon more than 30 years of research on effective schools, as captured in our popular, ASCD-published manual, What Works in Schools, McREL helps educators and school leaders design and guide research-based school improvement efforts. Our new school improvement program, Success in Sight helps educators balance this "science" of effective schooling with the "art" of continuous improvement.

We invite you to explore the links below to find resources that can help you guide improvement efforts in your school and learn how McREL programs can help your school analyze data and use research-based solutions to raise student achievement.

Making a difference in science education

As student achievement in science moves to center stage with the NCLB science testing requirement in 2007, McREL is well positioned to help your students measure up to the challenge with a variety of products and services.

McREL's science education experts provide a wide array of research-based, practical guidance designed to improve teaching and learning in science classrooms.

For example, our Designing Effective Science Lessons program provides educators with research-based strategies for improving student engagement and achievement in science.

We invite you to explore the links below for research-based resources and services that can help your students attain high levels of learning in science.

Setting the standard for standards-based education

McREL is a nationally recognized leader in standards-based education. We work with educators to review, revise, or develop new standards; prioritize standards to ensure balanced and realistic curricula; design classroom activities and assessments aligned with standards; and integrate performance standards into classroom instruction. Our Compendium of K-12 content standards and related tools offers educators a rich resource for designing standards-based units.

Using research to guide teacher preparation

McREL works to help teacher preparation institutions apply 30 years of research on effective instruction to their programs.

McREL has also created several related policy briefs, listed below. We invite you to explore these resources to learn more about how teacher preparation programs can ensure that a well-prepared, capable teacher is in every classroom.