This $847,242 federal Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (CFDA 84.324 - Research in Special Education) supports a research project titled "Partnership to Build Teacher Capacity to Promote Early Language Learning in Infants and Toddlers with and at Risk for Disabilities". The primary awardee, the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc., will collaborate with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to document the efficacy...
The American Institutes For Research (AIR) was awarded a $4.4 million project grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411) to implement the READY, SET, SUCCEED (RSS): KINDERGARTEN TRANSITIONS IN FLINT project. The five-year project aims to improve student achievement and attainment for high-need students through evidence-based interventions designed to support kindergarten...
The federal Project Grant award of $2,083,321 from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) is funding the "Using Generative AI for Reading R & D Center." The center is being led by a team that includes Digital Promise Global as the prime awardee, Amira Learning as the platform lead, MDRC as the research lead, and the University of Pennsylvania as the development...
The federal Project Grant award titled "UNDERSTANDING LASTING TEACHER IMPACTS" was awarded 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 $317,935 grant was awarded to the American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences (AIR), a non-profit research organization, with a period of performance from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The grant supports a...
The Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences awarded a $1,381,350 project grant to The Urban Institute under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination federal grant program (CFDA 84.305) to conduct a lottery-based efficacy study of the District of Columbia Public Prekindergarten Program from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The Urban Institute will leverage random variation in pre-K enrollment generated through a deferred acceptance lottery method akin to a...
This federal Project Grant award of $524,927 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 a component network meta-analysis of interventions for students struggling with mathematics in grades K-6. The awardee, R G Research Group, Inc. (doing business as Instructional Research Group), is a for-profit educational research institute that specializes in program evaluation and...
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 $451,398 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (CFDA 84.324 - Research in Special Education) supports a study examining the efficacy of integrating anxiety management practices with reading intervention for students with reading disabilities. The research will be conducted by the University of Texas at Austin over a one-year period from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. The project aims to generate actionable insights that can enhance...
This federal Project Grant award for $370,705.96 was made by the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324). The funding supports scientifically rigorous research to address critical challenges in special education, with the goal of improving academic, behavioral, and transitional outcomes for students with or at risk of disabilities. Specifically, the award will fund a study on "Treatment Intensity Factors...
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...