The NSRC works with states to scale best practices to all of their districts. To date, about 80% of Washington State students, 100% of Delaware public school students, and large percentages of Pennsylvania, Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina students are benefiting from research-based science education based on the NSRC leadership development programs and the applications of the NSRC Systemic Science Education Reform Model.

The NSRC has also held more than 65 week-long NSRC Science Education Strategic Planning Institutes for 1200 school districts representing over 30% of the U.S. student population. The plans are research-driven, focused, incorporate best practices, and are based on a results-oriented systems approach to organizational change. An independent third-party study found that over 90% of districts that had participated in week-long NSRC Strategic Planning Institutes had sustained changes to their local science education programs for a decade or longer that were based on best practices.

See the Strategic Planning Institute overview page and information on the NSRC's Secondary School Strategic Planning Events