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Since 1975, The Education Alliance (TEA) at Brown University has helped the education community
improve America’s schools. TEA provides applied research, technical assistance, and informational
resources to connect research and practice, build knowledge and skills, and meet critical needs in the
field. With a dedicated team of skilled professionals, collaborators, and partners, TEA provides service
and resources to K–12 schools and districts across the country and beyond.
TEA engages a wide range of qualitative and quantitative strategies to provide educators with information
they can use to improve programs, inform school reform activities, and facilitate change. TEA’s
approach considers multiple perspectives and local contexts to ensure that educators can apply the recommendations
to their specific concerns. TEA has conducted assessments of school change models,
online professional development offerings, school support organizations, and ESL and bilingual programs.
We also evaluate how assessment strategies inform professional development and classroom
practice in terms of national standards.
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The Annenberg Institute for School Reform (AISR) is a national policy-research and reformsupport
organization, affiliated with Brown University, that focuses on improving conditions and outcomes
for all students in urban public schools, especially those attended by traditionally underserved
children. AISR’s vision is the transformation of traditional school systems into “smart education systems”
that develop and integrate high-quality learning opportunities in all areas of students’ lives – at
school, at home, and in the community. AISR conducts research; works with a variety of partners
committed to educational improvement to build capacity in school districts and communities; and
shares its work through print and Web publications.
Rather than providing a specific reform design or model to be implemented, AISR’s approach is to
offer an array of tools and strategies to help districts and communities strengthen their local capacity
to provide and sustain high-quality education for all students.
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