Provides services and technical assistance for students so they benefit from research-based curricula taught in safe environments.

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.

No Child Left Behind

The No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law on January 8, 2002, expanding the federal role in education through sweeping changes to the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The federal law requires states to show progress each year in improving the percentage of students who are proficient in reading and mathematics and in narrowing the achievement gap. It requires that all students be taught by highly qualified teachers by 2005-2006. All public schools that receive Title I funds are affected.