Project Grant R305A190180

This $276,000 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships grant funds Objective ED, Inc. to develop a computer-based co-reading prototype for students with reading disabilities. The prototype will use cloud infrastructure and a user application to perform co-reading with students, validating reading accuracy and offering remediation for mistakes. It will allow teachers to customize lessons and monitor student progress using engaging book content. Data captured will...

The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has awarded a $793,119 Project Grant to Stanford University to evaluate the impact of a widely-used, supplemental, digital reading program on elementary school literacy. The project, titled "BOOST READING EFFICACY: EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF A WIDELY-USED, SUPPLEMENTAL, DIGITAL READING PROGRAM ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITERACY" (CFDA 84.305), will be conducted from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. As part of this...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $509,388 to Arizona State University to develop and study approaches for equipping 4th and 5th grade general and special education teachers with effective instructional strategies to teach computer science (CS) to students with disabilities. The project aims to improve accessibility, accommodations, and the role of paraeducators to increase participation and learning in...

This federal Project Grant award of $724,148 from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) will support a research study to evaluate the impact of implementing the First-Grade Reading Peer Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS FG) program in kindergarten classrooms. The study, conducted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) in partnership with the University of Texas Rio...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $399,361 to the Computer Science Teachers Association, LLC to address the limited inclusion of K-8 learners with disabilities in computer science (CS) education. Through a networked improvement community research-practice partnership, the project aims to: Provide professional development to cohorts of special and general education teachers on Universal Design for Learning and...

This Project Grant award of $355,293.00 was provided by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), part of the U.S. Department of Education, under the Research in Special Education (CFDA 84.324) federal grant program. The award supports the development and evaluation of a narrative language and reading comprehension intervention called "Guided, Explicit Teaching of Oral Narratives to Improve Narrative Text Comprehension (GET ON IT!)" for emergent bilingual students with or at risk...

The University of Tennessee received a $347,686 project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (CFDA 84.305 - Education Research, Development and Dissemination) to conduct a meta-analysis on the benefits and losses of summer reading programs for students in grades K-5. The project, with a period of performance from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, will involve literature searching, screening, coding, and statistical analysis led by researchers at the...

The Project Grant award R305C240040, totaling $2,083,321.00, was provided by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305). The grant will fund the "THE USING GENERATIVE AI FOR READING R & D CENTER" to conduct research and development on leveraging generative AI for reading instruction and assessment. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Amira Learning, Inc. leading...

This three-year, $621,352 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to develop novel natural language processing and artificial intelligence tools to augment scientific writing instruction. Specifically, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst will build machine learning models for fact-checking student writing, knowledge tracing to measure concept mastery over time, and generating narrative progressions associated...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will develop and study approaches to equip 4th and 5th grade general and special education teachers with effective instructional strategies to teach computer science (CS) to a broad range of learners with disabilities. The $595,375 award, with a performance period from August 2024 to July 2028, will involve professional development, collaborative planning, and technical support to...