National Governors Association Center for Best Practices

The National Governors Association is the membership association of the nation’s governors. The NGA Center for Best Practices is the only research and development organization that directly serves the nation’s governors on education issues. This grant supports the center's operations. (Strategy: K-12 Teaching and Learning)

This grant supports the work of the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, which develops innovative solutions to today’s most pressing public policy challenges. The center is the only research and development organization that directly serves the nation’s governors.

This grant would create a framework to guide state policymakers and postsecondary leaders in implementing and cultivating support for deeper learning and the Common Core standards. The project also will increase higher education’s involvement in areas such as assessment of students’ readiness for credit-bearing courses and increasing teachers’ capacity to teach the standards.