Through the National Center for Education Research, IES recently awarded 49 new research and research training grants. Click on the title of each project to get more information about each award. Total spending for these awards is $76.7 million.

Education Research Grants Program (CFDA 84.305A)
NCER recently awarded 36 new research grants under the Education Research Grants Program to applications considered under the June and September 2012 deadlines. These awards are:

Cognition and Student Learning

My Science Tutor: Improving Science Learning through Tutorial Dialogs (MyST)
Boulder Language Technologies, Inc., Wayne Ward

Use of Machine Learning to Adaptively Select Activity Types and Enhance Student Learning with an Intelligent Tutoring System
Carnegie Mellon University, Emma Brunskill

Exploring the Potential of Essay Testing for Improving Memory and Learning
Duke University, Elizabeth Marsh

The Impact of Theories of Intelligence on Self-Regulated Learning Strategies and Performance Improvement
Florida State University, Joyce Ehrlinger

Quality Talk: Developing Students' Discourse to Promote Critical-Analytic Thinking, Epistemic Cognition, and High-Level Comprehension
Pennsylvania State University, Karen P. Murphy

Exploring Studies to Derive Policies for Adaptive Natural-Language Tutoring in Physics
University of Pittsburgh, Sandra Katz

Developing an Online Tutor to Accelerate High School Vocabulary Learning
University of South Carolina, Suzanne Adolf

Promoting Discriminative and Generative Learning: Transfer in Arithmetic Problem Solving
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Charles Kalish

Connecting Mathematical Ideas through Animated Multimodal Instruction
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Martha Alibali

Early Learning Programs and Policies

Measuring Preschool Program Quality: Multiple Aspects of the Validity of Two Widely-Used Measures
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Rachel Gordon

Kidsteps II: Promoting School Readiness Through Social-Emotional Skill Building in Preschool
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Carole Upshur

Enfoque en Ciencia:Extending the Cultural and Linguistic Validity of a Computer Adaptive Assessment of Science Readiness for use With Young Latino Children
University of Miami, Daryl Greenfield

Developing an Early Literacy Assessment for Spanish-Speaking Children in Preschool: PALS espaņol PreK
University of Virginia, Marcia Invernizzi

Education Technology

Making Individualized Literacy Instruction Available to All Teachers: Adapting the Assessment to Instruction (A2i) Software for Multiple Real-World Contexts
Arizona State University, Carol Connor

Exploring the Educational Game Landscape through Focused Studies and Ecological Interventions
Arizona State University, Danielle McNamara

Automating the Measurement and Assessment of Classroom Discourse
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, Martin Nystrand

Efficacy of an Integrated Digital Elementary School Mathematics Curriculum
SRI International, Jeremy Roschelle

GlobalEd 2
University of Connecticut, Scott Brown

Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching

Exploring Effective Reading Comprehension Instruction: Classroom Practice, Teacher, and Student Characteristics
Arizona State University, Carol Connor

English Learners

BLOOM: Facilitating Language and Literacy Outcomes for English Language Learners
Florida State University, Carla Jackson

First Grade, Second Language: Uniting Science Knowledge and Literacy Development for English Learners
Regents of the University of California, Alison Billman

A Comprehensive Research-Based Computer Assessment and Accommodation System for ELL Students
Regents of the University of California, Jamal Abedi

Improving Education Systems: Policies, Organization, Management, and Leadership

Testing the Promise: A Randomized Trial of a Promise College Scholarship for Urban Public School Students
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, Douglas N. Harris

Mathematics and Science Education

SimScientists Model Progressions
WestEd, Edys Quellmalz

Postsecondary and Adult Education

A Process View of Reading Among Adult Literacy Learners
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Elizabeth Stine-Morrow

Using Computer-Assisted Instruction to Accelerate Students through Developmental Math: An Impact Study of Modularization and Compression
MDRC, Mary Visher

Project Families4College (F4C)
Texas A&M University, Jorge Gonzalez

Reading and Writing

Academic Language and Writing for Children in Kindergarten to Fourth Grade—A Longitudinal Study
Florida State University, Young-Suk Kim

Development of a Web-Based Writing Partner (Strategic Writing Assisted by intelligent tutoring for 5th grade Youth (SWAY)) to Improve Writing Persuasive Essays for 5th Grade Students
Pennsylvania State University, Kausalai Wijekumar

Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning

Partner for Prevention (P4P): A Whole School Approach to Peer Aggression and Bullying
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Stephen Leff

Identifying Predictors of Program Implementation to Inform a Tailored Teacher Coaching Process
Johns Hopkins University, Catherine Bradshaw

A Longitudinal Study of Latino Students' Grade 3 Academic Achievement: The Role of Early Childhood Family and School Characteristics
New York University School of Medicine, Esther Calzada

Professional Development to Support New Teachers' Use of Effective Classroom Management Techniques
Rectors and Visitors of the University of Virginia, Patrick Tolan

Evaluation of a Classroom Management Training Program for Middle School Teachers
University of Missouri, Keith Herman

The Classroom Check-up: Supporting Elementary Teachers in Classroom Management Using a Web-based Coaching System
University of Missouri, Wendy Reinke

Efficacy of an Organizational Skills Intervention for Middle School Students with ADHD
Virginia Commonwealth University, Joshua Langberg

Postdoctoral Research Training Program (CFDA 84.305B)
NCER recently awarded five new training grants under the Postdoctoral Research Training Program considered under the September 2012 deadline. These awards are:

Stanford Postdoctoral Fellows Program in the Center for Education Policy Analysis
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Sean Reardon

A Summer RCT Training Institute for Established Researchers
Northwestern University, Larry Hedges

Postdoctoral Training in Children's Mathematics Language and Cognition
University of Delaware, Nancy Jordan

University of Virginia Post-Doctoral Interdisciplinary Training Program in Education Science
University of Virginia, Sara Rimm-Kaufman

Postdoctoral Training Program in Mathematical Thinking, Learning, and Instruction
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Mitchell Nathan

Statistical and Research Methodology in Education (CFDA 84.305D)
NCER recently awarded one new grant under the Statistical and Research Methodology in Education considered under the June 2012 deadline. This award is:

Accessible Methodology and User-Friendly Software for Multivariate Hierarchical Models Given Incomplete Data
Virginia Commonwealth University, Yongyun Shin

Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies (CFDA 84.305E)
NCER recently awarded one new grant under the Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies considered under the September 2012 deadline. This award is:

Beyond Triage: A Randomized Experiment in Sustained Pre-College Advising
Stanford University, Eric Bettinger

Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research (CDFA 84.305H)
NCER recently awarded six new grants under the Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research considered under the September 2012 deadline. These awards are:

What Works for Title I Schools: Understanding the Contributors and Barriers to School Improvement
Arizona State University, Alexander Kurz

Creating a Monitoring System for School Districts to Promote Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning: A Researcher-Practitioner Partnership
Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emoional Learning, Roger P. Weissberg

New York City Partnership for College Readiness and Success
New York University, James Kemple

Designing a RCT Experiment to Test the Impact of Innovative Interventions and Policies for Postsecondary Developmental Education: A RAND—TX Higher Education Coordinating Board Research Partnership
RAND Corporation, Darwin Trey Miller

Academic Trajectories and Policies to Narrow Achievement Gaps in San Diego
University of California, San Diego, Julian Betts

Applicants at the Doorstep: Improving Hiring Practices through a Better Understanding of the Link Between Applicant Information and Teacher Quality
University of Washington, Dan Goldhaber