• The Common Core State Standards Videos

  The Common Core State Standards video series is designed to support states, schools, and teachers in the implementation of the CCSS in math and English language arts. The series was created in collaboration with SECC states based on their training needs.
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• Comprehensive Centers Make a Difference

  The report found that the Comprehensive Centers are effective in helping state education agencies build capacity for school improvement. The report used evaluation data from 3 program years (2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09). Watch a webinar that provides an overview of the report and the Comprehensive Centers’ significance.
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• Teacher Evaluation Systems

  Nearly 50 state education leaders convened in New Orleans, Louisiana, on July 27–28 to learn more about teacher evaluation systems. SEDL’s Southeast and Texas Comprehensive Centers sponsored the institute, which included participants from Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas.
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• Early Warning Data System

  The tool tracks research-based ninth-grade indicators related to high school dropout and flags at-risk students. Interventions can also be tracked, evaluated, and adjusted for success.
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• Database of Online Resources

  In addition to viewing resources by title or content area, you can view ED Priority Area Resources separately. The following priorities are included Implementing College- and Career-Ready Standards and Aligned Assessments; Identifying and Retaining Highly Effective Teachers and Leaders; and Turning Around the Lowest-Performing Schools. 
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Who we are

The Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) at SEDL is one of 15 regional comprehensive centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The centers provide training and technical assistance to state education agencies (SEAs) to enable them to assist school districts and schools in the implementation and administration of programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the use of research-based information and strategies. SECC works closely with SEAs in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina to support their efforts to implement, scale up, and sustain initiatives statewide and to lead and support their school districts and schools in improving student outcomes. Partners in this project include the American Institutes for Research and RMC Research.

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Meet Our Experts

Sylvia Pirtle
Program Associate

Dr. Pirtle's current work centers on building the capacity of leadership at all levels of the educational system. She provides technical assistance in instructional leadership, data-driven decision making, leadership for systemic reform, and efforts to improve statewide systems of support.
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States We Serve

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