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Welcome to NCSER The National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER), sponsors a comprehensive program of special education research designed to expand the knowledge and understanding of infants, toddlers and children with disabilities.

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Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study Data Analysis System Apr 18 The National Center for Special Education Research has released a dynamic web-based analysis system that allows the public to generate descriptive and inferential statistics using data from Waves 1 and 2 of the Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS).  (more info)

NCSER announces FY 2008 AwardsApr 3NCSER made a series of new research program grant awards in March.  (more info)

IES releases RFA for an NCSER FY 2009 research training grant competition: Special Education Research Training Grants (84.324B)Mar 20IES has released a funding announcement for the NCSER FY 2009 research training grant competition: Special Education Research Training Grants (84.324B).  (more info)

IES releases the FY 2009 RFA for the Special Education Research program (84.324A)Feb 29IES has released the FY 2009 funding announcement for the Special Education Research program (84.324A).  (more info)

New NCSER Report: Facts From NLTS2: Orientation and Mobility Skills of Secondary School Students With Visual ImpairmentsJan 23Released by the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) on January 23, 2008, the report presents information on the percentages of students with visual impairments who receive orientation and mobility services, including percentages for different segments of the population (blind vs partially sighted, regular vs special school placement, and demographic groups).  (more info)

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IES Hosting Webinars to Present Research Funding Opportunities
The Institute of Education Sciences will host a series of webinars to present research funding opportunities at the National Center for Special Education Research and the National Center for Education Research.

For more information regarding webinar topics, dates, and registration process, please visit http://ies.ed.gov/funding/webinars.asp.

All webinar sessions are full. Sessions will be recorded and made available on the website soon. Please register for the IES Newsflash http://ies.ed.gov/newsflash/ for information about future webinars.

Improving Academic Outcomes for Adolescents with Disabilities
Fifty-seven percent of students with disabilities graduated with a regular high school diploma in 2005-06 (U.S. Department of Education, 2007). Approximately 66 percent of 8th grade students with disabilities scored below the basic level compared to 24 percent of students without disabilities on the 2007 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) reading and mathematics assessment. These data highlight the need for the development and evaluation of effective interventions for adolescent learners. NCSER sponsors research to develop and evaluate curricula and instructional approaches that are intended to improve academic outcomes students with disabilities. The following projects illustrate the types of research NCSER is supporting that seek to improve results for adolescent students with high and low incidence disabilities.

Integrated Literacy for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities
Paul Alberto, Georgia State University

Extending the Interactive Strategies Approach to Older Struggling Readers
Lynn Gelzheiser, State University of New York, Albany

Project LIBERATE (Literacy Instruction Based on Evidence through Research for Adjudicated Teens to Excel)
David Houchins, Georgia State University

Writing Instruction for Adolescents with Behavior Disorders: Scaffolding Procedural Learning to Extended Discourse
Linda Mason, Pennsylvania State University

Multiple-Component Remediation for Struggling Middle School Readers
Robin Morris, Georgia State University

Math and Science Teaching that Promotes Clear Expectation and Real Learning across Years for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
Diane Browder, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Improving Mathematics Performance of At Risk Students and Students with Learning Disabilities in Urban Middle Schools (MSM Project)
Marjorie Montague, University of Miami

References

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) Data, 2005-06, retrieved May 6, 2008, from https://www.ideadata.org/tables30th/ar_4-1.xls.