Sarah L. Friedman has been named the director of the Charleston, W.Va.-based Appalachian Regional Education Laboratory, which analyzes achievement data and assesses the educational needs of students in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Ms. Friedman was previously a special assistant to the director at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, Md.
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