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.

ESL Instruction

ESL (English as a Second Language) instruction broadly covers any of the various approaches to teaching the English language to non-native speakers. As broadly defined in the 1997 TESOL standards, instruction aims to teach students to communicate in social settings, engage in academic tasks, and use language in socially and culturally appropriate ways.