Who We Are
The New England Compact is a consortium led by the Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners of Education in four New England states. Activities involve state, district, and school leaders in the various Compact sponsored projects and work.
The Compact engages assistance and advice for its activities from within and outside the New England Region. The Compact is convened, facilitated, and supported by Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), which collaborates with a number of federally-sponsored technical assistance centers and national organizations to provide necessary technical advice, resources, and support.
Information on these individuals and organizations is available below:
State Partners
Four New England states participate in the New England Compact.
Maine
http://www.maine.gov/portal/education/
New Hampshire
http://www.ed.state.nh.us/
Rhode Island
http://www.ridoe.net/
Vermont
http://www.state.vt.us/educ/
Working Partners
Education Development Center, Inc.
http://www.edc.org/
For more than four decades EDC has been a pioneer, building bridges between
research, policy, and practice. EDC's award-winning programs and products,
developed in collaboration with partners around the globe, consistently advance
learning and healthy development for individuals of all ages. Today, EDC manages
more than 350 projects in 40 countries. EDC's work strengthens nearly every
facet of society, including early child development, K-12 education, health
promotion, workforce preparation, community development, learning technologies,
basic and adult education, institutional reform, and social justice.
CAST
http://www.cast.org
CAST is a nonprofit organization that works to expand learning opportunities
for all individuals, especially those with disabilities, through the research
and development of innovative, technology-based educational resources and strategies.
Technology Assessment Study Collaborative (inTASC)
http://www.bc.edu/research/intasc/about.shtml
inTASC is a not-for-profit research group housed in the the Lynch School
of Education at Boston College . inTASC works collaboratively with schools,
educational agencies, and businesses to conduct research and development on
a variety of issues related to technology and assessment.
Measured Progress
http://www.measuredprogress.org/
The mission of Measured Progress is to improve teaching and learning by providing
customized assessment products and educational services. With over 20 years of
experience, we currently partner with 25 states to provide large-scale general
and alternate assessments, professional development products and services, and
research projects dedicated to improving learning and assessment.
The Education Alliance at Brown University
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/
The Education Alliance promotes educational change to provide all students
equitable opportunities to succeed. We advocate for populations whose access
to excellent education has been limited or denied.
Advisory Board
The New England Compact has enlisted the support of technical advisors in areas key to the success of No Child Left Behind efforts.
Jamal Abedi
University of California, Davis, CA
http://www.ucdavis.edu/index.html
Lizanne deStefano
College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/fsd/d/destefan
Brian Gong
National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Dover, NH
http://www.nciea.org/
Glenn Kleiman
EDC
www.edc.org
Kristin Reedy
NERRC
http://www.rrfcnetwork.org/nerrc/
Martha Thurlow
National Center on Educational Outcomes
http://education.umn.edu/nceo/