George Washington University

The Center on Education Policy (CEP)--founded by Jack Jennings and now housed at the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development--is a national, independent advocate for public education and for more effective public schools. The Center's mission is to help Americans better understand the role of public education in a democracy and the need to improve the academic quality of public schools. CEP supports its mission by conducting qualitative and quantitative research and analysis on the implementation of education programs and policies and how they impact public education. CEP proposes a one-year project to convene the most significant researchers currently studying implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), along with several funders and a select group of policymakers and other constituency organizations, and to produce a report through a process that ensures that the many researchers that are involved in studying the impact of the CCSS are aware of one another’s efforts and consider opportunities for partnership and collaboration when appropriate, and that fosters interaction between researchers and policy and advocacy groups that are supporting the CCSS to ensure there is alignment between research agendas and policy goals.