The American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) was awarded a $6,461,560 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411). The five-year grant, running from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029, will fund the "Bouncy Ready to Learn Program", which aims to develop, implement, and evaluate innovative educational practices to improve student...
This federal Project Grant award of $9,398,638.00, provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411), supports the scaling and sustainment of a professional learning program for early-career teachers. The project aims to refine, scale, test, and sustain the MyTeachingPartner-Secondary (MTP-S) program, which focuses on developing teacher-student and student-student interactions to...
This $292,717.15 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) supports research activities aimed at improving educational outcomes and expanding knowledge. The grant funds a study by Georgetown University, the prime awardee, to examine differences in financial deliberations and decision-making between school boards trained in return-on-investment (ROI)...
This Project Grant award from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) will provide $191,654.00 to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) to study the academic outcomes and experiences of digital and on-campus immersion students. The project, titled "The Educational Divide: Transition, Retention, and Course Selection in Digital and On-Campus Immersion Students," will run...
The Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) a $4,331,183 Project Grant under the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to support the "THINKING PRO: ACCELERATING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) CLASSES" project. The grant will fund the development, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative...
This Project Grant award of $327,841.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the CFDA 84.305 Education Research, Development and Dissemination program is intended to support research activities that improve educational outcomes and reduce achievement gaps for California's foster youth students. The award to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR), a prominent non-profit research organization, will fund a comprehensive...
This $4,947,502 Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education will support the scaling and evaluation of the Third Quest (TTQ) intervention. The grant was awarded to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR), a non-profit research organization, on January 1, 2024 for a 5-year project period ending on December 30, 2028. The project aims to scale and evaluate the impact of the...
This Project Grant award of $562,423.00 was provided by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the U.S. Department of Education under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305). The award supports a research project titled "A Generalized Analysis of the Direct and Spillover Effects of Test-Based Retention Policies" with a period of performance from Jul 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025. The National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. (NBER) is the primary...
The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences awarded a $176,532 Project Grant under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR) to study approaches for propensity score matching in multilevel educational settings. The award period runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2025. AIR will serve as the prime awardee and will collaborate with the University of California, Los...
The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) awarded a $691,752 Project Grant to The Urban Institute under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025. The purpose of this grant is to fund research focused on career development opportunities in Washington, D.C. public schools. In the first year, the DC Policy Center (DCPC) will direct, conduct, and lead the research as a sub-awardee....