The Instructional Services Section is responsible for assisting schools with the frameworks/systems/supports that are needed to provide effective instruction. Primary responsibilities include School Improvement, Response to Instruction, and Making Middle Grades Work. Additional responsibilities include Awards, Grants, Scholarships, Advanced Placement , International Baccalaureate , Instructional Partners , and Instructional Strategies Project. Instructional Services also shares responsibility for social sciences projects, the new College- and Career-Ready Standards for mathematics and English/Language Arts, and High Schools that Work.