The Center for Effective School Practices (CESP) is a practice-focused unit of the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University dedicated to excellence and equity in education research and practice. CESP's work is designed to facilitate and support collaborations among public and private school districts in the tri-state area, institutions of higher education, local, state, and federal government agencies, community organizations, and industry partners to produce practitioner-relevant best-practices in education. The Center is supported by a robust team of experienced researchers and evaluators with a passion for augmenting the capacity of educators and policy makers to develop and deliver high-quality evidence-based instruction, curriculum, programs, and policy initiatives, with an intentional focus on those that effectively reach students from historically disadvantaged populations.