NCER What's Newhttp://ies.ed.gov/ncer/whatsnew/For the latest in events, developments, and updates to the NCER website, check back here often.en-useducationstatisticsdata access toolslibrariesschoolscollegesApplication Information – Summer Research Training Institute: Cluster-Randomized Trials
When: July 15 – 26, 2012
Where: Northwestern University; Evanston, IL

All applications must be received no later than March 16, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. ET. For more information about the Training Institute, including the application procedures, please visit: http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=965

If you need assistance, please contact Dr. Christina Chhin, at (202) 219-2280 or christina.chhin@ed.gov]]>2/1/2012 8:53:30 AMhttp://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=965Request for Comment on Proposed Policy Regarding Public Access to Data and Publications from Federally Funded Research
Please view the links below, highlighting the release of the two RFIs. We encourage you to review and consider the questions outlined in each RFI. You can provide comments to the questions by email to digitaldata@ostp.gov and publicaccess@ostp.gov. All comments are due by January 2, 2012.

OSTP announcement on the release of the Requests for Information: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/11/07/request-information-public-access-digital-data-and-scientific-publications .

Request for Information on Public Access to Digital Data: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-04/pdf/2011-28621.pdf .

Request for Information on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Publications from Federally Funded Research: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-11-04/pdf/2011-28623.pdf.]]>12/21/2011 9:24:01 AMhttp://ies.ed.gov/funding/rfi.aspIES Launches Search for Research Commissioner8/6/2011 10:13:42 AMhttp://ies.ed.gov/director/ncer_commissioner.aspNCER Announces New FY 2011 Research Grants 7/21/2011 12:28:57 PMhttp://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/11awards2.aspIES Announces 16 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Awards
Phase II Awards

Seven Phase II awards were made in amounts up to $850,000 for 24 months. The firms, each of whom received a Phase I award in 2010 to develop a prototype of their products, will pursue the full-scale development of commercially viable education technology products to support student learning or to facilitate teacher practices. For their Phase II project, awardees will conduct iterative research to refine the technology and pilot research to demonstrate the feasibility, usability, and promise of the product for achieving the intended outcomes in an authentic education delivery setting.

Fast-Track Awards

Three Fast-Track Awards were made in amounts up to $1.05M for 30 months to support the early stage and full-scale development of commercially viable education technology products for use by students or teachers and education technology tools for use by researchers. During the projects, awardees will develop a prototype of the technology, conduct iterative research to refine the product, and complete pilot research to demonstrate the feasibility, usability, and promise of the products or tools for achieving the intended outcomes in authentic education delivery settings or research settings.

Special Education Fast-Track Awards

Six Special Education Fast-Track Awards were made in amounts up to $1.05M for 30 months to support the early stage and full-scale development of commercially viable education technology products for use by children, students, or teachers (or other instructional personnel or service providers) in special education. Awardees will develop a prototype of the technology, conduct iterative research to refine the product, and complete pilot research to demonstrate the feasibility, usability, and promise of the products for achieving the intended outcomes in authentic education delivery settings.

For additional information, please visit the IES SBIR program webpage.]]>7/19/2011 10:48:18 AMhttp://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/results.asp?ProgID=20&year=2011Education Research Grants Program (CFDA 84.305A)
Reading and Writing

Scale-Up Evaluation of Reading Intervention for First Grade English Learners
University of Houston, David Francis

Development and Validation of Online Adaptive Reading Motivation Measures
University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc., Michael Hock

Mathematics and Science Education

Longitudinal Study of a Successful Scaling Up Project: Extending TRIAD
The Research Foundation of SUNY on behalf of University at Buffalo, Douglas Clements

Cognition and Student Learning

Developing Guidelines for Optimizing Levels of Students' Overt Engagement Activities
Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University, Michelene Chi

Eliciting Mathematics Misconceptions (EM2): A Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment System
Education Development Center, Inc., Pamela Buffington

An Alternative Statewide Assessment Strategy that Uses Test Results to Support Learning and Includes Measures of Problem Solving
Florida State University, Faranak Rohani

Mind Wandering During Reading
The Regents of the University of California, Jonathan Schooler

Cognitively Challenging Child-Directed Language as a Mechanism for Literacy Development in Kindergarten
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Susan Neuman

Arithmetical and Cognitive Antecedents and Concomitants of Algebraic Skill
University of Houston, Paul Cirino

Improving Children's Understanding of Mathematical Equivalence
University of Notre Dame, Nicole McNeil

Learning the Visual Structure of Algebra Through Dynamic Interactions with Notation
University of Richmond, David Landy

Increasing Vocabulary in Preschoolers: Using Cognitive Science to Guide Pedagogy
Vanderbilt University, David Dickinson

Teacher Quality - Mathematics and Science Education

Understanding Life Science: Improving Student Achievement by Deepening Teacher Content and Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Ways That Transform Instructional Practice
WestEd, Steven Schneider

Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning

Assessing the Efficacy of Check & Connect for Improving Outcomes for At-Risk High School Students
American Institutes for Research, Jessica Heppen

Supporting Early Adolescent Learning and Social Success - Project SEALS
The Pennsylvania State University, Thomas Farmer

]]>3/30/2011http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/11awards.aspDeadline Extended - Summer Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials
When: June 19 – 30, 2011 Where: Northwestern University; Evanston, IL

All applications must be received no later than April 4, 2011 at 12:00am EDT. For more information about the institute, including the application procedures, please visit: http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=785&cid=5

If you need assistance, please contact Dr. Christina Chhin, at (202) 219-2280 or christina.chhin@ed.gov ]]>3/25/2011http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=785&cid=5 NCER Announces Summer Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials
When: June 19 – 30, 2011
Where: Northwestern University; Evanston, IL

All applications must be received no later than March 18, 2011 at 8 p.m. EST. For more information about the institute, including the application procedures, please visit http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/whatsnew/conferences/11rct_traininginstitute/

If you need assistance, please contact Dr. Christina Chhin, at (202) 219-2280 or christina.chhin@ed.gov]]>2/1/2011http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=785IES releases two FY2011 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Solicitations12/6/2010http://ies.ed.gov/sbir/NCER Releases Report and Data from an Experimental Evaluation of Seven Social and Character Development Programs in Elementary Schools10/18/2010http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/pubs/20112001/index.aspNotice of Change to Application Package for NCER Grant Competition (84.305A)
If you downloaded the application package that was posted on Grants.gov on July 19, 2010 you will not be able to submit your application using that package.

Please download the application package posted on July 21, 2010 (Opportunity Open Date: 07/21/10) to submit your application for the September 16, 2010 deadline. The revised grant application package indicates on the first page:

Opportunity Open Date: 07/21/10
Opportunity Close Date: 09/16/10
Applicants must not use the grant application package (forms package) that indicates on the first page:

Opportunity Open Date: 07/19/10
Opportunity Close Date: 09/16/10
The grant application package with the 7/19/10 Opportunity Open Date has been deleted and will not be accepted by Grants.gov.]]>7/28/2010http://ies.ed.gov/funding/NCER Announces New FY 2010 Research GrantsThe newly funded projects address a wide range of topics and seek to improve student outcomes from preschool to postsecondary in multiple domains using innovative techniques. The projects include:

  • Researchers at C.N.A. Corporation will test whether implementation of a teacher professional development program, Using Data, will help teachers make better use of assessment and other data and will in turn improve student performance in mathematics.
  • At the University of Delaware, a research team will develop a writing curriculum designed for remedial college-level students whose ability to continue in college depends upon completing this composition class.
  • A team at the University of Georgia will explore the processes through which two widely used reading practices (repeated readings and guided wide reading) affect reading fluency, underlying reading behaviors, expression while reading, and comprehension outcomes for participating second graders.
  • The National Research and Development Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools will conduct value-added analyses to identify high schools that effectively serve traditionally low performing students and those that are not effective. They will then determine which practices are differentially associated with the effective high schools. Based on those findings, a team of researchers, district personnel and teachers will design a process to transfer these practices to high schools that are less effective with such students, and assess the impact of this transfer. The Center is a joint effort of Vanderbilt University, the University of Wisconsin, Florida State University, the Education Development Center, Inc., Broward County Public Schools in Florida, and the Dallas Independent School District in Texas.

A list of all new awards follows.

Education Research Grants Program (CFDA 84.305A)

Reading and Writing

Efficacy of Rich Vocabulary (RVOC) Instruction for Classrooms
Washington Research Institute, Patricia Vadasy

Robust Instruction of Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students
University of Pittsburgh, Margaret McKeown

Teaching and Learning Argumentative Writing in High School English Language Arts Classrooms
The Ohio State University, George Newell

Development of a Curriculum t]]>7/8/2010http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/10awards3.aspThe Institute of Education Sciences Launches the Reading for Understanding Research Network
The awards were made to the Educational Testing Service, Florida State University, Strategic Education Research Partnership Institute, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, The Ohio State University, and The University of Texas at Austin. For more information on the Reading for Understanding Research Initiative visit http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/program.asp?ProgID=62.]]>6/16/2010http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/program.asp?ProgID=62NCER announces new awardees for FY10, Session 1 competition3/22/2010http://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/10awards2.aspIES has released FY2011 funding announcements for four education research and research training grant competitions2/1/2010http://ies.ed.gov/funding/