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Founded in 1983, Augenblick, Palaich and Associates, Inc (APA) is a privately owned company with extensive experience analyzing public education systems and policies. Our mission is to help clients solve problems so they can meet student performance goals and improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of our nation's public schools. We also help our clients understand the fiscal, legal, and policy implications of implementing education reforms, including both short and long-term impacts. Our staff accomplish this mission using a variety of research techniques, including education data analysis, literature reviews, interviews, surveys, panel or focus group discussions, and statistical analyses.
Just a few examples of the types of education issues we address include: the resources and funding schools need to reach student performance expectations; the costs of implementing the No Child Left Behind Act; the types of education practices that our nation's most successful schools use to raise at-risk student achievement; understanding the impacts of school choice; developing innovative ways to compensate teachers and to attract and retain teachers in hard to staff schools; and analyzing the efficiency of district and school resource use.
In January 2012, APA, Marzano Research Laboratory (MRL), and RMC Research Corporation received a contract from the U.S. Department of Education to form the Regional Educational Laboratory for the Central region (REL Central). REL Central will focus on building alliances with state- and district-level education leaders in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming to explore key policies surrounding educator effectiveness, closing the achievement gap, and postsecondary education and workforce readiness. For more information please see the REL Central Web site at www.relcentral.org/.
For a more complete listing of issues we address, please see our services page. You can also click here for a brief summary of the types of expertise and services APA provides.
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Just a few examples of the types of education issues we address include: the resources and funding schools need to reach student performance expectations; the costs of implementing the No Child Left Behind Act; the types of education practices that our nation's most successful schools use to raise at-risk student achievement; understanding the impacts of school choice; developing innovative ways to compensate teachers and to attract and retain teachers in hard to staff schools; and analyzing the efficiency of district and school resource use.
In January 2012, APA, Marzano Research Laboratory (MRL), and RMC Research Corporation received a contract from the U.S. Department of Education to form the Regional Educational Laboratory for the Central region (REL Central). REL Central will focus on building alliances with state- and district-level education leaders in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming to explore key policies surrounding educator effectiveness, closing the achievement gap, and postsecondary education and workforce readiness. For more information please see the REL Central Web site at www.relcentral.org/.
For a more complete listing of issues we address, please see our services page. You can also click here for a brief summary of the types of expertise and services APA provides.
APA is social! Click on the links below to see our Facebook page or to follow us on Twitter!
News
Posted on: 05/29/2013Alabama School Finance Study
The Alabama State Board of Education is working with APA to examine the state's school finance system and to determine whether the foundation program, which was created almost 20 years ago, should be modified to be consistent with the state's updated education accountability system. APA will be examining the fiscal equity the funding system achieves as well as the adequacy of revenue it assures. APA will also provide technical assistance to the Alabama Department of Education in designing the system. APA staff conducted interviews with statewide leaders during the week of May 20th and is gathering information to facilitate the analyses it will be undertaking. The work is scheduled to be completed so that the legislature can consider recommended changes in its 2015 session. To see a recent news article about the study, click here.
Testimonials
"In 2005, Jobs for the Future needed an answer to the question: 'What is the long-term return on investment in early college high schools?' We selected Augenblick, Palaich and Associates as our partners. The collaboration has given us a great deal of insight into the costs and benefits of early college high schools. APA also has helped us share the results of their work with our network: state and district policymakers and national school developers who are interested in expanding 'early college high schools.'"-Nancy Hoffman and Joel Vargas, Vice President and Program Director
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