APQC conducts benchmarking and best-practice research in order to help schools and school districts:

• Learn what works and why
• Build a network of peers
• Get answers from best-practice organizations
• Improve their processes

Previous best-practice projects and reports (since 2004) include:

• Assessing Student Achievement
• Hiring Highly Qualified Teachers
• Utilizing Information Technology
• Professional Development
• English Language Learners
• Professional Learning Communities
• Math and Science
• Collaborative Cultures
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Response to Intervention (RTI) – Fast Track
• Data-Driven Decision Making in the Classroom – Advanced Working Group

Collaborative Research Methodologies

• Advanced Working Groups - invitation-only, focused group of advanced organizations that work on topics of leading-edge strategic and critical importance.
• Fast-Track, Virtual Consortium - short cycle, virtual four-phased consortium benchmarking methodology with presentations by best practice organizations and collaboration with leading practitioners and expertise.

Customized Benchmarking Research

Benchmarking research customized for your unique needs, such as customized surveys (quantitative and/or qualitative), primary and secondary research, and customized best-practice reports.

We want to hear from you!

Do you have an idea for a benchmarking or best-practice research project that you would like to share?  Fill out our brief Voice of the Customer Survey!

To find out more, contact:
Gerry Swift, project manager
Domestic Phone: 713-681-4632
Toll-Free Phone: 800-776-9676
Fax: 713-685-4611