Great Lakes East
Comprehensive Assistance Center

About Us

The Great Lakes East Comprehensive Assistance Center, a five-year contract funded by the U.S. Department of Education, is working closely with other technical assistance providers, regional comprehensive centers, national content centers, and regional educational laboratories. Great Lakes East focuses technical assistance and support to address topics identified by the Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio departments of education and the priorities of the U.S. Department of Education related to No Child Left Behind (NCLB) implementation.

Mission

The mission of the Great Lakes East Comprehensive Assistance Center is to deliver to state education agencies in the Great Lakes East region technical assistance and support that are tailored to the needs of each individual state and the priorities of the U.S. Department of Education related to NCLB implementation.

Great Lakes East will accomplish this mission by establishing high-integrity relationships and by focusing on state capacity building to improve student performance.

Vision

The vision of Great Lakes East is strategic, collaborative partnerships with the Great Lakes East states (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio) that enable these states to build better systems of support for better results for all learners through NCLB implementation.

Primary Goal

The primary goal of Great Lakes East is to increase states' capacity to assist districts and schools in meeting their student achievement goals related to NCLB by providing assistance that will enable the states to:

Assess the improvement needs of districts and schools.
Develop solutions to address those needs.
Build and sustain a state system of support for districts and school improvement efforts.
Improve the tools and systems for schools improvement and accountability.

About Learning Point Associates

Learning Point Associates is a nonprofit educational organization with more than 20 years of direct experience working with and for educators and policymakers to transform education systems and student learning. Our vision is an education system that works for all learners, and our mission is to deliver the knowledge, strategies, and results to help educators make research-based decisions that produce sustained improvement.

Our Vision
Our vision is an education system that works for all learners.

Our Mission
We deliver the knowledge, strategies, and results to help educators and policymakers make research-based decisions that produce sustained educational improvements.

Our Core Competencies
In response to identified client needs, Learning Point Associates offers comprehensive services in the areas of evaluation, policy, professional services, and research to K–16 education stakeholders at the school, district, state, regional, and national levels. Competencies include comprehensive school improvement, teacher quality, afterschool programming, data tools for school improvement, and literacy.

Our Expertise
We are known for the work we do:

Designing and conducting client-centered evaluations.
Analyzing and synthesizing education policy trends and practices.
Delivering high-quality professional services directly to our clients.
Conducting rigorous and relevant education research and evaluation.

Our work consistently builds the capacity of our clients to be good consumers, practitioners, and advocates for educational excellence.

Our goal is to be client centered, responsive to needs, sensitive to constraints, and driven to high-quality results. Our professional staff of 150 continues to grow as our work expands both nationally and internationally with offices in Naperville, Illinois; Chicago; and Washington, D.C.

Our goal is to build the capacity of the clients we serve to be good consumers, practitioners, and advocates for educational excellence.