To improve K-12 education and address educational inequities, school districts need timely, rigorous analyses of student outcome data. Founded in 2021, the Center for Education Efficacy, Excellence, and Equity (E4) is a research-practice partnership that brings together Northwestern researchers, school districts, and the technology company Curriculum Associates to produce usable knowledge for educational practitioners. The E4 Center is generously supported by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Curriculum Associates’ data can help us paint a fuller picture of student learning than we could with standardized test scores alone. To paint that picture, we build on the research expertise of Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy and we integrate the wisdom of practice that school administrators and teachers share with us.
– Paul Goren, E4 Director
