About Us

The overall aim of the Effective Implementation Cohort (EIC) is to increase district capacity to implement a high-quality middle years math curriculum as part of a Coherent Instructional System to accelerate learning for students.  The EIC Team seeks to support partnerships between providers and Local Education Agencies in their implementation and measurement efforts, as well as to collect and study data to answer the learning questions within the EIC Learning Agenda.

Implementation Support activities and data collection, analysis, and reporting activities for the EIC Learning Agenda will be guided by the learning questions and grounded in implementation science. Answering the learning questions will result in the ability to learn and share the following with other districts and schools throughout the nation:

Definitions of readiness conditions at districts and schools to begin the implementation process

A curated and annotated list of curriculum implementation guides and tools to assist other districts and schools in the future.

EIC Collaborative Partners

The following providers are in a learning partnership with NIRN as part of the EIC project.

Agile Mind logo
ANet logo
Connect ED logo
University of Texas at Austin Charles A Dana Center logo
Institute for Learning, University of Pittsburgh logo
Instruction Partners logo
Leading Educators logo
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools logo
Teaching lab logo
TNTP logo

EIC Team

Ximena Franco

Ximena Franco-Jenkins, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Senior Research Scientist

Caryn Ward

Caryn S. Ward, Ph.D.

Original Principal Investigator

Collaborator

Mel Levine

Melanie Livet, Ph.D.

Research Lead & Implementation Specialist

Stephen McKinney

Stephen McKinney

Implementation Associate

Rebekah Hornak

Rebekah Hornak

Communication Lead

Implementation & Communication Specialist

Yolanda Perkins

Yolanda Perkins

Technical Assistance Lead

Implementation Specialist

Stephanie Kennedy

Stephanie Kennedy

Implementation Specialist

Sophia Farmer

Sophia Farmer

Implementation Specialist

Megan Bookhout

Megan Bookhout

Research Scientist

Jake Leonard

Jake Leonard

Research Assistant

Alicia Reynolds

Alicia Reynolds

Research Assistant

M Johnson

M Johnson

Research Assistant

Sarah Wackerhagen

Sarah Wackerhagen

Research Assistant

Ellen Nacik

Ellen Nacik

Implementation Specialist

Amy Jablowski

Amy Jablonski, Ph.D.

Implementation Specialist

Effective Implementation Cohort