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Excellence and Accountability in Teaching - April 1997

PART C - Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers

In addition to its formula and competitive grant programs, the U.S. Department of Education funds important sources of technical assistance that can help to provide or locate special help to those working to meet the challenges for promoting excellence and accountability in teaching. A key source of technical assistance are the 15 Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers, which the Department created to help states, school districts, schools, tribes, community-based organizations, and other grant recipients with the administration, integration and implementation of programs funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) so that all students can increase the levels of their achievement. These Regional Assistance Centers are designed to be able to provide high-quality comprehensive training and technical assistance to improve teaching and learning and to meet the needs of children served by ESEA programs. Hence, the Centers can play a key role in promoting state, school district and school efforts to secure excellence and accountability in teaching.

Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers

Region I: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

Education Development Center, Inc.
Newton, MA
Phone: (617) 969-7100 ext 2533
FAX: (617) 965-6325
e-mail: WendeA@edc.org

Region II: New York State

New York Technical Assistance Center
New York University
New York, NY
Phone: (212) 998-5110
FAX: (212) 995-4199
           995-4041
e-mail: millrla@is2.nyu.edu

Region III:Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania

George Washington University
Arlington, VA
Phone: (703) 528-3588
FAX: (703) 528-5973
e-mail: crivera@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu

Region IV:Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Appalachia Educational Laboratory, Inc.
Charleston, WV
Phone: (304) 347-0441
FAX: (304) 347-0489
e-mail: buckleyp@ael.org

Region V: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi

Southeast Comprehensive Assistance Center
Metairie, LA
Phone: (504) 838-6861
FAX: (504) 831-5242
e-mail: htran@sedl.org

Region VI:Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Phone: (608) 263-4326
FAX: (608) 263-3733
e-mail: mcoyne@macc.wisc.edu

Region VII:Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
Phone: (405) 325-1711
FAX: (405) 325-1824
e-mail: steffens@uoknor.edu

Region VIII:Texas

Intercultural Development Research Association
San Antonio, TX
Phone: (210) 684-8180
FAX: (210) 684-5389
e-mail: cmontecl@txdirect.net
           acortez@irda.org

Region IX:Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah

New Mexico Highlands University
Albuquerque, NM
Phone: (505) 242-7447
FAX: (505) 242-7558
e-mail: martinez@cesdp.nmhu.edu

Region X: Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming

Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
Portland, OR
Phone: (503) 275-9479
FAX: (503) 275-9625
e-mail: simone@nwrel.org
           sundermc@nwrel.org

Region XI:Northern California

Far West Laboratory for Educational Research
San Francisco, CA
Phone: (415) 565-3009
FAX: (415) 565-3012
565-2024
e-mail: bfarr@wested.org

Region XII:Southern California (Counties: Imperial, Inyo, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, San Bernardino, San Diego)

Los Angeles County Office of Education
Downey, CA
Phone: (310) 922-6343
FAX: (310) 940-1798
e-mail: mothner_henry@lacoe.edu

Region XIII: Alaska

South East Regional Resource Center
Juneau, AK
Phone: (907) 586-6806
FAX: (907) 463-3811
e-mail: billb@akrac.k12.ak.us

Region XIV:Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Educational Testing Service
Tucker, GA
Phone: (770) 723-7443
FAX: (770) 723-7436
e-mail: thensley@ets.org

Region XV:American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau

Pacific Region Educational Laboratory
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Phone: (808) 533-6000
FAX: (808) 533-7599
e-mail: heineh@prel.hawaii.edu

For more information on the comprehensive technical assistance centers, contact:

Steven L. Brockhouse
School Improvement Programs
Room 4500, Portals Building
1250 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-6140
Phone: (202) 260-2476
e-mail: steve.brockhouse@ed.gov


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