Rachel Quenemoen, Senior Research Fellow-is the technical assistance team leader for the National Center on Educational Outcomes. Ms. Quenemoen has worked for 25 years as an educational sociologist focused on "research to practice" efforts. She has been a multi-district cooperative administrator in both general and special education, and for the last 10 years has worked at the state and national levels on educational change processes and reform efforts related to standards-based reform and students with disabilities, building consensus and capacity among practitioners and policymakers. Her current research and technical assistance priorities include alternate assessment of students with significant disabilities, and research focused on the causes of and solutions for "gap" issues.