Centre for Water and Environment Development (CWED)

Name

Centre for Water and Environment Development (CWED)

Legal name

WestEd

Website

https://cwedng.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The organization provides education-focused research and evaluation, professional learning, and technical assistance services to schools, districts, state agencies, and federal education programs across early childhood, K-12, and postsecondary levels. Deliverables include program evaluations, professional development courses, capacity-building engagements, and a publicly accessible resource library of publications, frameworks, and tools.

Product overview

WestEd is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization focused on education and human development research, offering professional learning, technical assistance, and evaluation services rather than a unified technology product platform. The organization provides services organized around focus areas including Early Childhood Development, Research and Evaluation, Professional Learning, and Technical Assistance. Notable specific offerings include the Formative Writing Framework for literacy instruction, Reading Apprenticeship professional development, the Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC), the Center for Economic Mobility, and the Research-Practice Partnership Network. Services are delivered through professional development courses, technical assistance, research partnerships, and resources including publications and tools for educators and institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Center for Economic Mobility: A center focused on bridging education and workforce needs to create meaningful change for learners, workers, and local economies.
• Research-Practice Partnership Network
• Bureau of Indian Education Comprehensive Center

Products and services

• Research and Evaluation Services

Quantifiable outcome

• ChemVLab+ students outperformed control group students, particularly on open-ended questions focused on experimental design reasoning; underserved populations benefited similarly or more from ChemVLab+
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, secondary and primary.

• Abt GlobalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024WestEd is partnering with Abt Global and the University of Virginia to deliver services through the Region 14/Bureau of Indian Education Comprehensive Center (R14CC), which began its five-year term on October 1, 2024. Abt Global is described as an 'engine for social impact, fueled by caring, curiosity, and cutting-edge research.'
• University of VirginiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024WestEd is partnering with the University of Virginia and Abt Global to deliver services through the R14CC. The University of Virginia is described as a public university designed to advance human knowledge, educate leaders, and cultivate an informed citizenry.
• Carnegie Mellon University (ChemCollective)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerChemVLab+ was developed as a collaboration between WestEd and David Yaron's ChemCollective group at Carnegie Mellon University. The project was funded by the U.S. Department of Education and aligned to NGSS.
• San Diego & Imperial Counties Regional ConsortiumsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerWestEd partnered with this consortium of 10 community colleges to implement work-based learning at scale, developing a WBL Professional Development Course and tracking WBL opportunities across the region.
• California Department of EducationprimaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCalifornia DOE partnered with WestEd for the Preschool Through Third Grade (P-3) Learning Progressions and evaluation of the Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program (IEEEP).
• California Department of Social ServicesprimaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCalifornia DSS partners with WestEd on Family Child Care at Its Best and California Early Childhood Online professional development programs for educators of children birth to age 5.
• California Department of Developmental ServicesprimaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerWestEd has partnered with this department for over 30 years to support the professional growth of early childhood interventionists through the Early Start Neighborhood program.
• Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)secondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerACTE's Chief Policy, Research and Content Officer serves as an advisory board member for WestEd's sub-baccalaureate CTE research project in Florida.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wested
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centre-for-water-and-environment-development-cwed-

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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