Caroline E. Parker, Ed.D., is a senior principal education researcher at SRI Education. She has worked for more than 20 years with states and districts to improve programs for culturally and linguistically diverse learners, leading both quantitative and qualitative research studies on topics including identifying disabilities among English learners, understanding patterns in reclassification of English proficiency status, and identifying strategies for high quality instructional practices. Parker leads the National Comprehensive Center multilingual learner work, and directs SRI’s Multilingual Learner Program Area, which works to ensure equitable educational opportunities and outcomes for multilingual learners from birth to post-college.