National Center on School Choice

The National Center on School Choice is funded by the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. The Center exercises national leadership in school choice research, including charter and magnet schools, private school vouchers, teacher recruitment, school management, and state policymaking.

Peabody College at Vanderbilt University
The Center's lead institution is Vanderbilt University, a national private university located in Nashville, Tennessee. The Center is managed by the Learning Sciences Institute on the campus of Peabody College, one of the nation's top graduate schools of education. Learn more


	The National Center on School Choice represents a national partnership of several major universities, policy research organizations, a regional assessment organization, and an economic research organization.


	The Brookings Institution is a private nonprofit organization devoted to independent research and innovative policy solutions. For policymakers and the media, Brookings scholars provide the highest quality research, policy recommendations, and analysis on a full range of public policy issues. The Brown Center on Education Policy conducts research on topics in American education with a special focus on efforts to improve academic achievement in elementary and secondary schools.


	Brown University is a leading research institution with a distinctive undergraduate academic program, a world-class faculty, outstanding graduate and medical students, and a tradition of innovative and rigorous multidisciplinary study. Our faculty members are deeply committed to teaching, preeminent in their fields, and leaders in advancing knowledge that has broad scholarly, theoretical, and practical applications.


	Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. As part of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG) draws upon a global network of distinguished scholars, faculty members, and students to provide instruction and conduct research on ways to improve the quality of American education policy and governance.


	The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) is a private, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. As one of seventeen programs, the Economics of Education Program was created to recognize the large and rapidly growing body of economic research on education. Members of the Economics of Education Program are drawn from labor economics, public economics, macroeconomics, industrial organization, development economics, and urban economics.


	The Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) provides research-based educational growth measures, professional training, and consulting services to improve teaching and learning. Partnering with districts, states, and other education organizations to deliver computerized assessment services to over 1,200 education agencies and 3.8 million students, NWEA is the single largest provider of adaptive testing in the nation.


	Stanford University is one of the world’s leading research and teaching institutions. As the nation’s top-ranked graduate school in education, the School of Education seeks to continue as a world leader in ground-breaking, cross-disciplinary inquiries that shapes educational practices, their conceptual underpinnings, and the professions that serve the enterprise.


	University of Indianapolis is a comprehensive institution of higher education with a faculty and student body representing diverse faiths, nationalities, and racial and ethnic heritages. The Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning (CELL) was founded to promote professional and civic leadership for achievement of educational excellence and equity for all students. Researchers are engaged in a number of initiatives to foster the leadership necessary to impact educational outcomes in central Indiana and throughout the nation.