Provides research, evaluation, consulting, and technical assistance services that contribute to the lifelong process of learning and improving personal performance.

Produces and disseminates information to provide motivation and tools to enable individuals to make informed decisions about health issues.

Develops and implements education testing programs that benefit students, parents and public officals.

Works with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the government's primary source for collecting and analyzing data about public education.

Helps to provide all children with access to a quality education, and empowers people, organizations, and communities to bring about social change.

Is committed to helping clients improve the effectiveness of their workforce through a wide range of management, organizational, and business improvement efforts.

Produces, maintains and disseminates systematic reviews of the effects of social and behavioral interventions.

Professionals on our team:

• Facilitate effective collaboration on federal, state, tribal, and community levels
• Provide technical expertise on effective strategies for linking research to practice
• Conduct original, methodologically rigorous research to advance the knowledge base in children’s mental health
• Evaluate complex school- and community-based initiatives that promote children’s mental health and prevent later problems
• Operate and evaluate technical assistance centers and task ordering contracts
• Promote partnerships between professionals and family members
• Analyze policies that support clients’ efforts in program design, legislative and budget issues, national initiatives, and stakeholder inquiries
• Collect, analyze, and synthesize data and communicate the results in accessible formats
• Develop useful and timely informational resources that reflect our expertise in substantive, qualitative, and quantitative areas of children's mental health
• Organize and produce conferences, workshops, meetings, and videos