Utah Education Policy Center

Name

Utah Education Policy Center

Legal name

Utah Education Policy Center

Website

https://uepc.utah.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Utah Education Policy Center is a non-partisan research center at the University of Utah that provides research, evaluation, technical assistance, and professional learning services to Utah state agencies, school districts, charter schools, and education-affiliated organizations.

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Product category

Education Research and Policy Evaluation Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Curriculum, Standards & Assessment Policy Research (EDADADAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Early Childhood & Child Development Policy Research (EDADADAJ), Standards Alignment & Curriculum Mapping (State/National) (EDAJAFAD)

Keywords

• Education policy research
• Program evaluation services
• Educational technical assistance
• Professional learning services
• Education research consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Salt Lake City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government and Agency Contracts: UEPC generates revenue through contracted research, evaluation, and technical assistance engagements with state agencies including the Utah State Board of Education, Department of Workforce Services, and STEM Action Center. These are typically multi-year evaluation contracts for specific programs.
2. External Evaluation Services: Provides fee-for-service external evaluation to educational organizations, districts, and nonprofit organizations across Utah and nationally. Services include program evaluation, needs assessments, and research synthesis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Utah Education Policy Center conducts rigorous research and evaluation and provides expert technical assistance and professional learning for education organizations. Its services span early childhood, K-12, and higher education, supporting evidence-based decision-making through survey development, program evaluation, needs assessments, leadership coaching, and the INSPIRE Leadership Collaborative suite of surveys.

Product overview

The Utah Education Policy Center (UEPC) is an independent, non-partisan research center at the University of Utah offering a portfolio of research, evaluation, technical assistance, and professional learning services. The organization operates as a unified service provider rather than a technology product company. Core offerings include Research Services (survey development, longitudinal studies), Evaluation Services (implementation and outcomes evaluation), Technical Assistance & Capacity Building (needs assessments, strategic planning), Professional Learning (LIFT series, leadership coaching, communities of practice), and the INSPIRE Leadership Collaborative (suite of leadership surveys including INSPIRE-PP, INSPIRE-G, INSPIRE LP, and INSPIRE-360). The UEPC also produces research products such as the STEM Landscape Interactive Report dashboard.

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Brands

• INSPIRE Leadership Collaborative: Institute for Systemic Program Improvement through Research in Educational Leadership - provides a suite of surveys and evaluation resources to support continuous improvement of leadership preparation, professional learning, and practice.

Products and services

• Research Services Comprehensive research services for educational entities, including survey development, effectiveness and efficacy studies, methodological consultation, and longitudinal studies.
• Evaluation Services Tailored evaluation services including implementation evaluation, effectiveness evaluation, outcomes evaluation, and return on investment (ROI) analysis.
• Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Needs assessments, strategic planning and continuous improvement, capacity building, and research synthesis services for educational organizations.
• Professional Learning Research-informed professional learning addressing adult learner needs, including Leadership Coaching, the LIFT Professional Learning Series, Facilitating Communities of Practice, and Professional Learning Systems Development.
• INSPIRE Leadership Collaborative Suite of surveys and evaluation resources supporting continuous improvement of leadership preparation, professional learning, and practice for educational leadership preparation programs.
• LIFT Professional Learning Series Professional learning series for school and district leaders designed to build instructional leadership capacity and translate research into practice.
• STEM Landscape Interactive Report Interactive dashboard offering a comprehensive overview of STEM policies, education, and outcomes in Utah from 1999 to 2019, with demographic and national comparisons.

Quantifiable outcome

• Research-practice partnerships with multiple state agencies including USBE, STEM Action Center, DWS
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• Utah State Board of Education (USBE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing research-practice partnership for statewide education research, evaluation studies, and policy analysis. UEPC conducts various contracted studies including special education research, educator surveys (ECAPS), and program evaluations.
• STEM Action CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing evaluation partnership for multiple STEM programs including Professional Learning Grant Program, Computing Partnership Grant Program, AmeriCorps Math Mentors Program, and K-12 Math Personalized Learning Software Grant Program. UEPC has partnered with STEM AC since 2016.
• Department of Workforce Services (DWS)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for out-of-school time program evaluation, intergenerational poverty interventions, and workforce development research. Includes Office of Child Care initiatives.
• Utah Leading through Effective, Actionable, and Dynamic (ULEAD) EducationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership on education improvement initiatives, leadership development, and the Full-Day Kindergarten study.
• Natural History Museum of UtahsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvaluation partnership for the Youth Teaching Youth program, examining impact on middle school students' science test scores, attendance, and graduation rates.
• Art of Problem SolvingsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for independent evaluation of Beast Academy Online, a digital mathematics learning platform, providing correlational research on student outcomes.
• Idaho Out-of-School NetworksupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCross-state partnership for out-of-school time program evaluation, in collaboration with Idaho Commission for Libraries and Idaho STEM Action Center, funded by ESSER III.
• UServeUtah (Utah Commission on Service and Volunteerism)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEvaluation partnership for the Volunteer for Good pilot program, a four-year program (2024-2028) promoting volunteerism and student well-being.
• University of Utah Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal university partnership providing institutional support, faculty collaboration, and administrative infrastructure for UEPC operations.
• University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on the INSPIRE Leadership Suite of surveys for educational leadership preparation programs. INSPIRE surveys are administered by UEPC.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• WestEd: Nonprofit education research and development organization that conducts program evaluation, policy research, and technical assistance for state agencies and districts. Operates in the same external-evaluator and capacity-building role as UEPC but at significantly greater national scale.
• Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis (CEPA): University-based education policy research center producing rigorous quantitative analysis of education programs and policy. Comparable in mission to produce evidence that informs education policy decision-making.
• Education Northwest: Nonprofit education research organization providing program evaluation, research, and professional learning to schools, districts, and state agencies in the Pacific Northwest and nationally — highly comparable in mission and service mix to UEPC.
• Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER): University-based education research center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison conducting evaluation, policy research, and large-scale studies for federal and state agencies. Closest structural peer to UEPC as a university-housed research center.
• Vanderbilt Peabody Research Institute: University-based education research institute at Vanderbilt conducting education policy, leadership, and program evaluation research — structurally analogous to UEPC as a college-of-education-housed research center.
• Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Program: Federally funded network of ten regional labs that conduct applied education research, evaluation, and technical assistance for state and district clients — directly overlapping with UEPC's research-practice partnership model.

Broad incumbents

• RAND Corporation: Major policy research institution with a dedicated education and workforce division conducting large-scale evaluation studies for federal and state agencies. Comparable in research methodology and policy focus, though much larger and more diversified.
• National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago: University-affiliated independent research organization with substantial education evaluation and survey methodology practices. Comparable in university affiliation and methodological rigor, but at much greater national scale.
• American Institutes for Research (AIR): Large nonprofit behavioral and social science research organization with a substantial education evaluation practice serving federal, state, and district clients. Competes with UEPC for evaluation RFPs but at materially greater scale and breadth.
• Mathematica Policy Research: Large nonpartisan research firm with deep education evaluation practice serving federal agencies and foundations. Direct competitor for education evaluation RFPs but operating at a national scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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