The Pacific West Comprehensive Center

Our Mission

We help education agencies across the Pacific region improve student opportunities and outcomes. Our services address priorities identified by education systems in our region as critical to achieving their goal of providing high-quality education for all students.

Pacific West Jurisdictions

  • Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
  • Guam
  • Republic of Palau
  • Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)

Areas of Focus

The Pacific West Comprehensive Center collaborated with education agency leaders to identify four areas of focus around which we are now helping build capacity and coherence.

Workforce Development

College & Career Readiness

Effective Use of Funding Resources

Teacher Compensation

About Us

NORC is honored to lead the Pacific West Comprehensive Center, which operates as part of the Comprehensive Centers Program (CCNetwork) and is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

Our services are contextualized to education agency needs and priorities and focus on building capacity in four dimensions—human, organizational, policy, and resource—ultimately strengthening individual and systemwide abilities to engage in continuous improvement and achieve intended outcomes.

We bring strong technical assistance skills, deep knowledge of the area, and extensive understanding of evidence-based practices to deliver high-quality, relevant, and intensive capacity-building services.

Beyond our work in each jurisdiction, we expect to foster peer-to-peer learning opportunities across the region and share insights and lessons learned to help states across the nation improve.