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.

Teachers and teaching

NCES’ Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) and its linked study, the Teacher Follow-up Surveys (TFS) periodically collect data from the nation’s teachers, staff, and principals on a wide range of issues related to teaching. ESSI’s role in this effort is to provide consultant support for survey processes, analysis and reporting of data, outreach, and planning and development of future collections. Major reports co-authored by ESSI staff have addressed issues related to teacher qualifications and charter schools. ESSI is also engaged in a long-term research and development effort to develop improved measures of instructional processes.