Important Update

We regret to announce that effective February 19, 2025, the Southwest Comprehensive Center has lost its funding from the U.S. Department of Education. Consequently, website updates and maintenance are currently paused. We are committed to exploring all possible avenues to continue our support in the Southwest. We appreciate your understanding.

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What We Do: What We Do

The Southwest Comprehensive Center is dedicated to enhancing educational practices and student outcomes across Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas—serving over 7.6 million K-12 students—more than 14% of the national student population.

Building on the successes of Westat's 2019-2024 Region 14 Comprehensive Center (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas) and WestEd's 2019-2024 Region 13 Comprehensive Center (Oklahoma, New Mexico, and The Bureau of Indian Education), we have established strong partnerships with educational agencies to implement impactful capacity-building projects.

Our mission is to encourage collaboration, streamline efforts, and deepen our services to state, regional, and local educational agencies. Together, we seek to improve instructional quality for all students, close achievement gaps, and expand educational opportunities.

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    We Build Relationships.

    Communication is key in solving any problem. We foster an environment where clients are comfortable sharing challenging issues.

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    We Design Solutions.

    We take a creative approach to technical assistance and capacity-building to craft custom solutions, rooted in research, that meet the needs of each client.

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    We Ensure Sustainability.

    We empower our clients to continue their success by building on what they have gained through our collaboration.

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