Beth Ratway, a senior technical assistant consultant with the Region 1 Comprehensive Center and has over 25 years of education experience. She works with state education agencies (SEAs), intermediate regional service agencies, and school districts focusing on designing and implementing college, career and civic ready standards. Her extensive knowledge and work has allowed her to support state and district standards revision processes by providing professional development rooted in evidence-based strategies. She has worked with multiple SEAs facilitating the development of common language and processes for standards revision and implementation across divisions and departments. She created processes and tools to help facilitate discussions, leading to a comprehensive guide to standards revision and implementation. She has also worked with eleven states to facilitate and guide the standards revision and implementation process.