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.

Targeting and Resource Allocation

The Targeting and Resource Allocation component of the National Longitudinal Survey of No Child Left Behind focuses on two dimensions of federal funding. Targeting refers to the ways in which resources are directed to schools and districts serving certain special need populations (e.g., students living in poverty and those who are English language learners). The resource allocation portion of the study focuses on how federal resources are being utilized to serve these populations and how these uses compare to those for which state and local funds are utilized.