NCER Grants That Study English Learners (in addition to those funded under the English Learner topic)

FY	Award Number	Research Program	Principal Investigator	Institution	Project Goal	Project Title
2004	R305S040194	SBIR	Sales, Greg	Seward, Inc.	Development	Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies
2004	R305S040255	SBIR	Zehler, Annette	Development Associates, Inc.	Development	Design of a Distance-Supported Professional Development Resource for Mainstream Teachers of English language Learners
2005	R305K050050	MS	Barnett-Clarke, Carne	WestEd	Efficacy and Replication	Math Pathways and Pitfalls Lessons for K–7 Students: Mathematics Achievement for English Language Learners
2005	R305G050121	RW	Gonzalez, Jorge	Texas A&M University	Development	Project Words of Oral Reading and Language Development (Project WORLD)
2005	R305G050029	RW	Dalton, Bridget	CAST, Inc.	Development	Improving Reading Comprehension for Struggling Readers: Understanding the Role of Vocabulary Development, Guided Strategy Use, and Spanish Language Supports in a Digital Reading Environment
2005	R305G050025	RW	Restrepo, M. Adelaida	Arizona State University	Development	Vocabulary and Abstract Language Enhancement (VALE) to Improve Reading Comprehension in English Language Learners
2005	R305G050216	RW	Baker, Scott	Pacific Institutes for Research	Efficacy and Replication	The Read Aloud in First Grade Classrooms: Furthering Our Understanding of Immediate and Long-Term Impacts and Causal Influences
2005	R305G050201	RW	Francis, David	University of Houston	Measurement	Diagnostic Assessment of Reading Comprehension
2005	R305M050005	TQMS	Johnson, Carla	Univeristy of Cincinnati	Development	Utah's Improving Science Teacher Quality Initiative
2005	R305M050031	TQRW	Greenleaf, Cynthia	WestEd	Efficacy and Replication	A Randomized Controlled Study of the Efficacy of Reading Apprenticeship Professional Development for High School History and Science Teaching and Learning
2006	R305G060140	RW	Scott, Judith	University of California, Santa Cruz	Development	Vocabulary Development Through Writing: A Key to Academic Success
2006	R305G060108	RW	Hafner, Anne	California State University, Los Angeles	Identification	Using Growth Mixture Modeling to Identify Patterns of Early Reading Development and Teacher and Program Correlates for English Learners
2006	ED-06-PO0902	SBIR	Hopstock, Paul	Development Associates	Development	Design of an Online Professional Development Resource for Mainstream Teachers of English Language Learners
2006	R305M060065	TQMS	Tharp, Roland	University of California, Berkeley	Development	Integrating Science and Diversity Education: A Model of Pre-Service Elementary Teacher Preparation
2006	R305W060064	TQRW	Goldenberg, Claude	California State University Long Beach Foundation	Development	Standards-based Differentiated ELD Instruction to Improve English Language Arts Achievement for ELLs
2006	R305W060016	TQRW	Olson, Carol	The Regents of the University of California	Efficacy and Replication	The Pathway Project: A Cognitive Strategies Approach to Reading and Writing Instruction for Teachers of Secondary English Language
2006	R305W060027	TQRW	Matsumara, Lindsey	University of Pittsburgh	Efficacy and Replication	Content-Focused Coaching (SM) for High Quality Reading Instruction
2007	R305A07381	EPFS	Miron, Gary	Western Michigan	Development	Evaluation of the Kalamazoo Promise
2007	R305A070438	RW	Arteagoitia, Igone	Center for Applied Linguistics	Development	Content-Based Vocabulary Instruction: Using Cognates to Promote the Vocabulary Development and Reading Comprehension of Native Spanish Speakers
2007	R305A070045	RW	Nelson, J. Ron	University of Nebraska	Development	Effects of a Supplementary Vocabulary Intervention for Students with Limited English Proficiency
2007	R305B070059	RW	Baker, Scott	University of Oregon	Efficacy and Replication	Reading Intervention with Spanish Speaking Students: Maximizing Instructional Effectiveness in English and Spanish
2007	R305A070324	RW	Vadasy, Patricia	Washington Research Institute	Efficacy and Replication	Efficacy of Sound Partners Supplemental Tutoring for ELL Students, Grades K–1
2007	R305B070016	Struggling	Goldenberg, Claude	Cal State, Long Beach	Development	Content-Rich Vocabulary Development To Improve Reading Achievement of Struggling Adolescent Readers
2008	R305A080196	CASL	Anthony, Jason	University of Te1as Health Science Center at Houston	Efficacy and Replication	Efficacy of Earobics Step 1 in English Language Learners and Low SES Minority Children
2008	R035A080596	Ed Tech	Scott, Judith	University of California at Santa Cruz	Development	Explicit Scaffolding for Word Learning in Context through Multimedia Word Annotation
2008	R305A080664	Ed Tech	Woolf, Beverly	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	Development	Teaching Every Student: Using Intelligent Tutoring and Universal Design to Customize the Mathematics Curriculum
2008	R305A080114	MS	Baker, Scott	Pacific Institutes for Research	Efficacy and Replication	Early Learning in Mathematics: Efficacy in Kindergarten Classrooms
2008	R305A080263	Postsec	Laird, Jennifer	MPR	Development	Using High School Transcript Data to Improve Student Access to Four-Year Colleges
2008	R305A080066	Postsec	Tseng, Fannie	Berkely Policy Associates	Efficacy and Replication	Evaluation of the SOURCE Program: An Intervention to Promote College Application and Enrollment Among Urban Youth — Primary Outcomes
2008	R305A080631	Struggling	Lesaux, Nonie	Harvard College	Efficacy and Replication	Language Diversity and Literacy Development: Increasing Opportunities-to-Learn in Urban Middle Schools
2009	R305A090502	Early Learning Programs and Policies	Greenfield, Daryl	University of Miami	Measurement	Lens on Science: Development and Validation of a Computer-administered, Adaptive, IRT-based Science Assessment for Preschool Children
2009	R305A090169	Early Learning Programs and Policies	Lonigan, Christopher	Florida State University	Measurement	Development of a comprehensive Assessment System for Spanish-speaking English-language Learner's Early Literacy Skills
2009	R305A090476	Ed Tech	Kleifgen, JoAnne	Columbia University, Teachers College	Development	STEPS to Lliteracy: An Integrated Digital Writing Space for English Language Learners
2009	R305A090581	EPFS	Herman, Joan	University of California, Los Angeles	Exploration	When to Exit ELL Students: Monitoring Subsequent Success and Failure in Mainstream Classrooms after ELLs Reclassification
2009	R305A090281	MS	Lee, Okhee	University of Miami	Efficacy and Replication	Promoting Science Among English Language Learners (P-SELL): Efficacy and Sustainability
2009	R305A090288	MS	Guglielmi, Sergio	Lake Forest College	Exploration	Academic Achievement in Limited English Proficient Students: A Multivariate Latent Growth Modeling Analysis of Predictors, Mediators, and Moderators
2009	R305A090163	RW	Baumann, James	University of Wyoming	Development	Development of a Multifaceted, Comprehensive Vocabulary Instructional Program for the Upper Elementary Grades
2009	R305A090152	RW	Silverman, Rebecca	University of Maryland	Identification	Investigating Vocabulary Breadth and Depth and Comprehension in English Monolingual and Spanish-English Bilingual Elementary School Students
2009	R305A090015	RW	Invernizzi, Marcia	The Rectors and Visitors of the University of Virginia	Measurement	Designing Assessment to Enhance English Literacy Development Among Spanish-Speaking Children in Grades K–3
2009	R305E090009	State & Local	Lipsey, Mark	Vanderbilt	No goal	Evaluating the Effectiveness of Tennessee's Voluntary Pre-K Program
2009	R305A090227	Struggling	Anderson-Inman, Lynne	University of Oregon	Development	The ESTRELLAS Project: Electronic Support Text Research for English Language Academic Success
2009	R305A090145	TQMS	Johnson, Carla	University of Cincinnati	Development	INSPIRE: Urban Teaching Fellows Program
2010	R305A100105	Ed TEch	Burstein, Jill	ETS	Development	A Technology-Rich Teacher Professional Development Intervention that Supports Content-Based Curriculum Development for English Language Learners
2010	R305A100971	Postsec	Kurlandaer, Michal	University of California, Davis	Efficacy and Replication	Ready or Not? California's Early Assessment Program and the Transition to College
2010	R305F10002	Reading for Understanding	Justice, Laura	Ohio State University	RfU	The Language Bases of Reading Comprehension
2010	R305F100026	Reading for Understanding	Donovan, Suzanne	SERP	RfU	Catalyzing Comprehension Through Discussion and Debate
2010	R305F100005	Reading for Understanding	Sabatini, John	Educational Testing Service	RfU	Assessing Reading for Understanding: A Theory-based, Developmental Approach
2010	R305F100013	Reading for Understanding	Vaughn, Sharon	The University of Texas at Austin	RfU	Understanding Malleable Cognitive Processes and Integrated Comprehension Interventions for Grades 7–12
2010	R305A100297	RW	Taboada, Ana	George Mason University	Development	Fostering Reading Engagement in English-Monolingual Students and English Language Learners Through a History Curriculum
2010	R305E100041	State & Local	Baker, Scott	University of Oregon	No goal	Middle School Intervention Project (MSIP)
2011	R305A110810	CASL	McGee, Steven	The Learning Partnership	Exploration	An Examination of the Qualities of Interactive Science Learning
2011	R305A110932	CASL	Ellefson, Michelle	Chancellor, Masters, & Scholars of University of Cambridge	Exploration	Exploring the Malleability of Executive Control
2011	R305A110284	Early Learning Programs and Policies	Golinkoff, Roberta	University of Delaware	Measurement	Using Developmental Science to Create a Computerized Preschool Language Assessment
2011	R305A110638	Early Learning Programs and Policies	Gonzalez, Jorge	Texas A & M Research Foundation	Efficacy and Replication	Project Words of Oral Reading and Language Development
2011	R305A100566	Early Learning Programs and Policies	McClelland, Megan	Oregon State University	Measurement	Touch Your Toes! Developing a New Measure of Behavioral Regulation
2011	R305A100233	Early Learning Programs and Policies	Shearer, Rebecca	University of Miami	Measurement	Extending the Cultural and Linguistic Validity of the Adjustment Scales for Preschool Intervention (ASPI) for Low-Income, Latino Children
2011	R305A110549	Early Learning Programs and Policies	Anthony, Jason	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Measurement	Development of School Readiness Curriculum-Based Measurement System
2011	R305A110085	Postsec	Edmunds, Julie	University of North Carolina	Efficacy and Replication	Follow-Up to the Study of the Efficacy of North Carolina's Early College High School Model
2011	R305A110288	Postsec	Tierney, William	University of Southern California	Development	Strategizing for College: A Game-based Approach to Increasing College Access
2011	R305A110809	Postsec	Chin, Tiffany	EdBoost	Efficacy and Replication	Promoting College Enrollment among Disadvantaged Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Low-Cost Interventions
2011	R305A110297	RW	Francis, David	University of Houston	Scale-Up	Scale-Up Evaluation of Reading Intervention for First Grade English Learners
2011	R305E110019	State and Local	Card, David	NBER	Efficacy and Replication	Environments That Promote Optimal Motivation and Learning
2011	R305A110670	State and Local	Reardon, Sean	Stanford	Exploration	Malleable Factors that Influence Outcomes of English Language Learners
2011	R305A110285	TQMS	Schneider, Steven	WestEd	Development	Understanding Life Science: Improving Student Achievement by Deepening Teacher Content and Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Ways that Transform Instructional Practice
2012	R305A120781	Effective Teachers	Schoen, Robert	FSU	Efficacy and Replication	Replicating the CGI Experiment in Diverse Environments
2012	R305A120233	Effective Teachers	Seidel, Kent	Univ. of Denver	Exploration	An Exploration of Novice Teachers' Core Competencies: Impacts on Student Achievement and Effectiveness of Preparation
2012	R305A120390	MS	Quellmalz, Edys	WestEd	Measurement	SimScientists Assessment System
2012	R305A120138	MS	Hermann Abell, Cari	AAAS	Measurement	The Development and Validation of an Assessment Instrument to Study the Progression of Understanding of Ideas about Energy From Elementary School Through High School
2012	R305A120785	RW	Branum-Martin, Lee	Georgia State	Exploration	The Roles of Instruction and Component Skills in Reading Achievement
2012	R305E120003	State & Local	Steele, Jennifer	RAND	No goal	The Effect of Dual-Language Immersion on Student Achievement in the Portland Public Schools
2013	R305A130469	Early Learning Programs and Policies	Invernizzi, Marcia	University of Virginia	Measurement	Developing an Early Literacy Assessment for Spanish-Speaking Children in Preschool: PALS espanol PreK
2013	R305A130612	Early Learning Programs and Policies	Greenfield, Daryl	University of Miami	Measurement	Enfoque en Ciencia: Extending the Cultural and Linguistic Validity of a Computer Adaptive Assessment of Science Readiness for Use with Young Latino Children
2013	R305A130641	Postsec	Gonzalez, Jorge	Texas A & M	Development	Project Families4College (F4C)
2013	R305H130059	Research-Practitioner Partnership	Betts, Julian	UC-San Diego	No goal	Academic Trajectories and Policies to Narrow Achievement Gaps in San Diego
2013	R305H130012	Research-Practitioner Partnership	Weissberg, Roger P.	Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning	No goal	Creating a Monitoring System for School Districts to Promote Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning: A Researcher-Practitioner Partnership
2013	R305H130080	Research-Practitioner Partnership	Kurz, Alexander	ASU	No goal	What Works for Title I Schools: Understanding the Contributors and Barriers to School Improvement
2013		SBIR	Krause, Lynn	CurriculaWorks	No goal	World Explorador
2013	R305A130090	Social/Behavioral	Calzada, Esther	NYU School of Medicine	Exploration	A Longitudinal Study of Latino Students' Grade 3 Academic Achievement: The Role of Early Childhood Family and School Characteristics