EVI has over forty years of direct involvement in education management, change, and technology application to improve the system. Its solutions are on the New York City listing for contracted services, New York State CO-SER aid, and contracted services in Delaware, New Hampshire, North Caroline, and Texas. The solutions represent the most forward thinking practices in education and technology integration. Training and services are provided within EVI’s Results-Based Education Model (R-BEM) and may be customized to fit the unique needs of a district or school. While company facilitators serve to build quality into an educational system, they likewise recommend the systematic abandonment of practices, procedures, and thinking which do not support the improvement of the system to attain desired outcomes and student learning results. Quick fixes are not sought, but rather planned change is the hallmark of the company. The goal of EVI is to improve student performance to a quality standard. Therefore, EVI has acquired experience and expertise in developing standards-based assessments, both formative and summative, which align perfectly with the content standards and new assessment formats of the states. EVI staff has worked with an array of school districts from the lowest performing to the highest. Working with the content standards and related curriculum frameworks of numerous states, EVI has acquired a unique perspective on the current standards-based reform. The goal of EVI is improved performance of staff and students to achieve desired results while building local capacity. Its quest for excellence and equity is being realized.
