Definitive Contract EDIES11C0063

This is a $5,548,284.78 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), part of the U.S. Department of Education, to Westat, Inc. to conduct an evaluation of up to two pilot programs authorized by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): the Innovative Assessment and Accountability Demonstration Authority and Flexibility for Equitable Per-Pupil Funding. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Westat, a prominent professional services firm specializing...

This federal contract award, valued at $4,847,787.00, was issued by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), a civilian agency, to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR), a non-profit organization. The contract is for a definitive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to conduct 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 contract includes several key...

This is a federal contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, to prime contractor Westat, Inc. The purpose of the contract is to collect and analyze Title II data from states and jurisdictions to ensure accountability in Title II reporting. The contract has a ceiling value of $2,322,984.00 and was awarded on a Firm Fixed Price basis. It is not a set-aside contract. Westat, Inc. is a prominent professional services firm that provides research,...

The Department of Education awarded a $3.3 million time and materials call order contract to the American Institutes for Research to provide technical support for internal and external analyses and reports pertaining to pre-kindergarten through grade 12, postsecondary, and adult and career technical education programs. This call order was issued against the previously established Data Analytics and Evaluation Support multiple-award blanket purchase agreement held by AIR. Under the direction of...

The Department of Education (ED) awarded a $411,401 firm fixed price task order to the American Institutes for Research (AIR) under the Data Analytics and Evaluation Support Blanket Purchase Agreement. AIR will provide technical support for internal and external analyses and reports pertaining to pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, postsecondary, and adult and career education. Insight Policy Research will conduct a literature review and three case studies of education foster care liaison teams...

This is a $56,987,964.00 federal contract awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) to conduct an implementation and impact evaluation study of transition services for students with disabilities, specifically their effects on improving post-high school outcomes. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. AIR is the prime contractor, and it has several subcontractors...

This is a $941,724.00 firm fixed price BPA call order awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development to SRI International, a non-profit research and development institute. The purpose of this order is to study and examine the implementation of the Indian Education Local Education Agency (LEA) Grants Program funded under Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act. This order does...

This is a task order awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) to Synergy Enterprises, Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, to establish a National Technical Assistance Center. The purpose is to provide high-quality technical assistance, training, and support to state education agencies to increase their capacity to assist local education agencies in implementing Title IV, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act....

This is a $5,591,636.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order 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 prominent non-profit research organization. The task order is for a foundational phase of a national study to evaluate programs and strategies aimed at improving outcomes for students with disabilities, focusing on special education spending. Major...

This is a $8,800,739.05 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to Mathematica Inc., a prominent research and data analytics consultancy. The contract is for an impact evaluation of departmentalized instruction in elementary schools, examining the effects of switching from self-contained classrooms (where teachers teach all subjects to the same students) to departmentalized instruction (where teachers specialize in either...