The PAR²A Center conducts research that generates new information about the employment, training, utilization and supervision of paraeducators and developmental intervention assistants. Paraeducators work in typical classrooms, special education, linguistically diverse education, and Title I programs, as well as in school library / media centers, health rooms, playgrounds, lunchrooms, and on school buses. Paraeducators who work in homes with families with infants and toddlers with disabilities and provide early intervention services are titled Developmental Intervention Assistants (DI Assistants).The purpose of this research is to help policy makers use new knowledge for making key decisions in school districts and community centered boards regarding employment and training practices.