The center produces a newsletter entitled, English Update, as well as online research reports on curriculum, standards, teaching and assessment. The website offers opportunities for interactive discussions.
Mini grants are available to teachers to initiate Internet connections.
Center partners include the universities of Wisconsin-Madison, Oklahoma, and Washington. The site features an online monthly newsletter with opportunities for interactive feedback. It includes links to principal investigators at the center such as P. David Pearson, Elfrieda Hiebert and Taffy Raphael. 10 Research-Based Principles, distributed at the l998 International Reading Association Convention's Reading Research '98 session. The center is based on a sociocultural theoretical framework with over twenty partners from campuses, centers and institutions from across the United States.