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Over the past 4 years, the Region 14 Comprehensive Center (R14CC) has provided capacity-building support to the state education agencies (SEAs) in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas via technical assistance (TA), a process through which R14CC designs and implements projects that build SEA capacity to carry out evidence-based policies and programs. In order to deliver solutions and empower SEAs by forging a sustainable digital landscape that serves them and their constituents long after their direct involvement, R14CC has implemented best practices from the fields of user-centered design, service design, user interface design, and user experience (UX) design as a TA tool. The following case study outlines how R14CC used the UX Design Roadmap to improve the inventory design of mental health resources across the state into an online, searchable, and interactive database.

Mental health has a substantial effect on student academic performance. As the need for mental health resources in Texas significantly outpaces availability and access, schools are often the best location for students to connect with necessary mental health services and community support. The Texas Education Agency and its partners, including the Region 14 Comprehensive Center, are building statewide school-based mental health supports to ensure students, families, schools, and districts can access the tools and resources necessary to effectively address mental and behavioral health needs. This report presents a collective approach to building safe and supportive schools for all Texas students.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, state education leaders have been developing numerous innovative approaches to supporting high school students who are pursuing career pathways and preparing them for successful outcomes beyond secondary education. This topical brief summarizes state needs and strategies related to supporting and promoting career pathways in two Comprehensive Centers (CC): Region 5 (Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia) and Region 14 (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas).

Region 14 Comprehensive Center and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) are collaboratively implementing projects to address high leverage problems such as instructional leadership professional development, school-based mental health supports, and evidence-based reading instruction. This profile provides a summary of these selected projects and an overview of 2021-2022 state education statistics for Texas including: (1) Percentage of Students with National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Proficiency; (2) State Education at a Glance; (3) Percentage of Students by Race; (4) Other Student Characteristics; and (5) Pupil/Teacher Ratio.