This federal contract award to Westat, Inc. is for the design of the sample for the next Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K: 2022) on behalf of the Institute of Education Sciences, a component of the U.S. Department of Education. The $93,584 firm-fixed-price contract provides services to develop a plan and specifications that will inform the sample design for this upcoming study of early childhood education. The contract was awarded through the Professional Services Schedule (PSS) and...
This is a definitive contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), part of the U.S. Department of Education, to Westat, Inc. for $7,520,574.00 to administer the International Early Learning Study (IELS) data collection in the United States. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement that does not have a set-aside designation. Westat, a prominent professional services firm, will provide services to ensure the IELS data collection meets international and IES guidelines...
This is a $38,910,248.01 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR), a nonprofit research organization. The contract supports the Annual Reports Program within IES's Early Childhood, International, and Crosscutting Studies Division, which is responsible for major annual reports like the Condition of Education and Digest of Education...
This is a $5,630,679 federal contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), an agency within the U.S. Department of Education, to Westat, Inc., a prominent research and evaluation firm. The contract is to conduct an evaluation of up to two pilot programs authorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act: the Innovative Assessment and Accountability Demonstration Authority, and Flexibility for Equitable Per-Pupil Funding. The contract is a Definitive Contract with a Cost Plus Fixed Fee...
This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Education. The $6,791,206 contract was awarded to Westat, Inc., a prominent professional services firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland, on September 27, 2022. The contract has a period of performance through February 10, 2025 and is designated as an "English Learner" effort. No set-aside designation was used. Westat, Inc. has extensive...
This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), part of the U.S. Department of Education, to Westat, Inc., a professional services firm headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. The contract provides services for the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) participation in international student and adult assessment programs, including the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), Progress in International Reading Literacy Study...
This is a $18,367,939.00 federal contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Education, to Mathematica Inc., a research and analytics consultancy. The purpose of the contract is to conduct an impact study on intensive professional development opportunities for teachers, including video-recording teachers and providing feedback to improve their practices. The contract is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Definitive Contract, with a period of...
This is a $1,578,805.69 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to Mathematica Inc., a research and data analytics consultancy, for a program evaluation and information study. The contract involves conducting an online experiment to learn how low-income parents process and use information about school alternatives, with the goal of informing a practice guide for school districts. Mathematica has subcontracted portions of...
This is a $4,847,787 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR), a non-profit research organization. The contract is for a feasibility study to inform a future impact evaluation of policy and practice under Title III, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The study involves data collection, analysis, and...
This contract was awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Education, to Nucorevision Inc., a small minority-owned business located in Lanham, Maryland. The $4,295,406.20 contract is a delivery order under the National Cooperative Education Statistics Systems (NCESS) master contract. It is a fixed-price level of effort contract to support the International Activities Program (IAP) within the Early Childhood, International, and...
This is a $105,979,407 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Education, to Westat, Inc., a prominent professional services firm. The contract is for the design and conduct of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2022-23 (ECLS-K:2023), which will provide important information on early learning and development, preschool, early care and education experiences, transition into kindergarten, and progress through the elementary grades. This contract builds upon knowledge acquired from previous early childhood longitudinal studies. The contract does not utilize any set-aside designations and has an ultimate completion date of February 10, 2025.