; or (B) supporting teams of researchers, practitioners, education system leaders, and policymakers, as applicable, in carrying out field-initiated research; (3) assisting in solving site-specific problems and in development activities; (4) identifying, in a manner that is responsive to the challenges facing students and practitioners, exemplary and promising practices, supporting research and evaluation of such practices, and piloting or scaling relevant evidence-based practices; (5) assisting in gathering information on— (A) school finance systems to promote improved access to educational opportunities and to better serve all public school students; and (B) alternative administrative structures that are more conducive to planning, implementing, and sustaining school improvement and improved educational outcomes, particularly student academic achievement; (6) providing training or professional learning (which may include supporting internships and fellowships and providing stipends) to practitioners, education system leaders, providers of professional development, State educational agencies, local educational agencies, Bureau-funded schools, Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, Tribal organizations, and State boards of education, regarding evidence use and resources developed by the What Works Clearinghouse established under section 155; and (7) developing and widely disseminating, in formats that are of high quality, easily accessible, understandable, and actionable, scientifically valid research, information, reports, and publications, to— (A) student, parents, practitioners, education system leaders, and policymakers, as appropriate, within the region in which the regional educational laboratory is located