The University of Washington was awarded a $1,042,487 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (CFDA 84.305 - Education Research, Development and Dissemination) to test the efficacy of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) implementation strategy. The project aims to improve educational outcomes by developing and evaluating an evidence-based intervention to support educational leaders. Under this grant, the University of Washington is...
This Project Grant award of $6,658,592.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (CFDA 84.411 - Education Innovation and Research) supports an efficacy study of an innovative approach to teaching quantitative reasoning in dual enrollment mathematics programs. The award to WestEd, a non-profit research and service agency, will fund the development, implementation, and evaluation of the educational intervention over a 5-year period from January 1, 2025...
This federal Project Grant award of $421,575.00 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 grant funding will be used by the University of California Irvine to harness artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to train mindsets for mathematical higher order thinking skills. The project aims to develop and evaluate innovative educational interventions...
This Project Grant award of $4,777,356.00 was 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). The grant was awarded to the University of Illinois to support the "Learning to Lead in Math" project, which aims to create, develop, implement, and scale innovative educational practices to improve student achievement and attainment, particularly for high-need students. The...
This $306,308 federal Project Grant awarded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) supports research at the University of Washington to analyze complex large-scale assessments with high-dimensional covariates using variational methods and factor regularization. The project, titled "Variational Methods and Factor Regularization: Analyzing Complex Large-Scale Assessments with High-Dimensional...
This federal Project Grant award of $1,249,804.00 was provided by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the primary research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305). The grant funds a project titled "TALKING MATH: IMPROVING MATH PERFORMANCE AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGH AI-ENABLED CONVERSATIONAL TUTORING" to be carried out by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) from March 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025....
The University of Washington was awarded a $1.88 million project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the federal STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) for a project running from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025. The grant will support improving the STEM preparation of K-5 pre-service teachers through a project-based, interdisciplinary approach. Consistent with the goals of the NSF STEM Education program to strengthen STEM education, this...
The Early Math Initiative: Tiered Support to Prepare Native American and Other High-Need Children for Elementary School Mathematics was awarded a $9.021 million project grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Education Innovation and Research program (CFDA 84.411) on January 1, 2023. Wested will deliver evidence-based, field-initiated innovations through December 31, 2027 to improve mathematics achievement and attainment for high-need...
The University of Washington was awarded a $809,336 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences under the Research in Special Education program (CFDA 84.324). The grant, which runs from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, will fund research on school-based paraeducator education and engagement at recess for students with disabilities. As part of this grant, the University of Oregon has been awarded a sub-grant of an undisclosed amount to provide specialized...
The U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences awarded Arizona State University a $1,250,000 Project Grant under the Education Research, Development and Dissemination program (CFDA 84.305) to conduct the "Active Learning at Scale: Transforming Teaching and Learning via Large-Scale Learning Science and Generative AI" project. The grant, awarded on April 1, 2024, will support research activities to improve educational outcomes and expand knowledge across all levels of...