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This paper provides a cross-program view of the results of three successful school improvement programs that regional educational laboratories developed and implemented. The programs and their developers are: (1) A+chieving Excellence from the Mid-Continental Regional Educational Laboratory; (2) Onward to Excellence (OTE) from the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory; and (3) the School Improvement Partnership Process (SIPP) from the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. Ail three programs have been field tested and have demonstrated their efficacy for improving schools. Their intellectual roots lie in research on effw,Itive schools and school improvement processes. All three programs attend closely to involving school-based practitioners in decisions regarding improvements, maintain an information component so participants share knowledge, foster data-based decision making