Database of Federally Funded Technical Assistance and Research Centers

PROGRESS Center

PROGRESS Center (which stands for Promoting Rigorous Outcomes and Growth by Redesigning Educational Services for Students With Disabilities Center) provides information, resources, tools, and technical assistance services to support local educators and leaders (kindergarten through transition age) in developing and implementing high-quality educational programs that ensure students with disabilities have access to free appropriate public education (FAPE) which allows them to make progress and meet challenging goals, consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District (2017).

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Director(s): Tessie Rose Bailey, Center Director, Rebecca Zumeta Edmonds, Principal Investigator

Website: https://promotingprogress.org/

Specialty Area

English Language Learners
Evidence Based Practices & Scaling Up
Family Engagement
High-Quality Educational Programming
Intensive Supports
Measuring Student Growth
Multi-tiered Systems of Support
Response to Intervention
Special Education

Primary Audience

Administrators
School Districts
Schools
State Education Agencies
Teachers

Services

Assessment Tools
Coaching
Consulting
Content Expertise
Convening Stakeholders
Facilitation

Regions/States

National

All States

Level of Support

Tiered

Additional Information

Private and charter school associations and entities

Regional Parent Technical Assistance Centers (RPTACs)

The Regional PTACs help OSEP’s funded network of Parent Centers address administrative/management challenges and increase their capacities to provide information and training to families of children with disabilities. This resource takes you to the Center for Parent Information & Resources site where you can find more information about the four Regional Parent Technical Assistance Centers.

Some of the Technical Assistance (TA) Services RPTACs provide to Parent Centers include:

One-to-one consultations
Training/Webinars
Training for non-profit board training members
Help with needs assessment
Peer-to-peer mentoring
TA using technology to enhance programs and services
Regional meetings and conferences
Site visits
Non-profit management tools
Newsletters
Family- and Youth-centered service strategies