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In Idaho, NWCC works with the Idaho State Department of Education (SDE) on these priorities:

Developing processes and tools to monitor and evaluate educator effectiveness
Implementing a plan to develop a model Common Core State Standards district

Leading this work is the Idaho State Coordinator Claire Gates, who serves as a liaison to both the NWCC and REL Northwest. In her NWCC role, Gates provides technical assistance to SDE, building the state’s capacity to support districts and schools to improve instruction, close achievement gaps, and improve educational outcomes for all students.

In her REL Northwest role, Gates works with SDE and other education stakeholders to identify high-priority needs and provide resources to meet those needs. As a team member of the Idaho Statewide System of Support Research Alliance, she is helping members make more informed decisions about improving low-performing schools.

Gates is a senior program advisor at Education Northwest, the parent organization of REL Northwest and NWCC. She uses her 30-plus years of teaching to design technical assistance and training on mathematics and science curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

Claire Gates
503.275.9173

NWCC is part of a nationwide network of 15 regional technical assistance centers established by the U.S. Department of Education. The Comprehensive Centers were created to deliver high-quality technical assistance, information, and resources to state education agencies (SEAs). Chartered in the Pacific Northwest in 1966 as Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Education Northwest now conducts more than 200 projects annually, working with schools, districts, and communities on evidence-based solutions to the challenges they face.