Database of Federally Funded Technical Assistance and Research Centers

Comprehensive Center Network

The Comprehensive Center Network (CC Network) and is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. 

The Regional Centers provide high-quality intensive capacity-building services to State clients and recipients to identify, implement, and sustain effective evidence-based practices that support improved educator and student outcomes.

The National Center provides high-quality universal and targeted capacity-building services to address common high-leverage problems, services to address programmatic monitoring reports and audit findings, implementation challenges, and emerging national education trends. 

To learn about the new Centers you can visit the CC Network website at https://compcenternetwork.org/  Here you can search information for all 20 Centers’ resources, and request technical assistance.

Director(s):

Specialty Area

  • Educator Effectiveness
  • Educator Preparation
  • Evidence Based Practices & Scaling Up

Primary Audience

  • State Education Agencies

Services

Regions/States

National

All States

Level of Support

Targeted

Additional Information

Lead for Literacy (L4L)

The Lead for Literacy Center, operated by Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development with funding from the United States Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs, is a partnership among literacy experts, education leaders, university researchers, and technical assistance providers from the University of Oregon and American Institutes for Research.

Their mission is to provide technical assistance to school and district leaders that builds their capacity to facilitate improved teacher implementation of evidence-based literacy practices for educating students with, or at risk for, literacy-related disabilities.

Director(s): Hank Fien, Ph.D., Director, Abby Foley, M.Ed., PMP, Deputy Director

Specialty Area

  • Effective Literacy Instruction
  • Evidence Based Practices & Scaling Up

Primary Audience

  • Administrators
  • School Districts
  • Schools

Services

  • Content Expertise

Regions/States

National

All States

Level of Support

Targeted

Additional Information