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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>IES What's New</title><link>http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/</link><description>For the latest in events, developments, and updates to the IES website, check back here often.</description><language>en-us</language><category>education</category><category>statistics</category><category>data access tools</category><category>libraries</category><category>schools</category><category>colleges</category><item><title>What Works Clearinghouse Quick Review:  Self Affirmation and Intervening to Close the Minority Achievement Gap</title><description><![CDATA[This new quick review rates a study that examined the use of self affirmation to improve academic performance in African-American middle school students.]]></description><pubDate>2/9/2010</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/quickreviews/QRReport.aspx?QRID=131</link></item><item><title>What Works Clearinghouse Quick Review:  Evaluation of Experience Corps on Student Reading Outcomes</title><description><![CDATA[This study examined whether "Experience Corps", a tutoring and mentoring program for elementary school students considered at risk of academic failure, improved reading skills.]]></description><pubDate>2/9/2010</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/quickreviews/QRReport.aspx?QRID=129</link></item><item><title>What Works Clearinghouse Rates Study of Benefits of Computer-Aided Instruction</title><description><![CDATA[See how the What Works Clearinghouse rated this study on the computer-based curriculum "I Can Learn" for teaching pre-algebra and algebra to middle- and high-school students.]]></description><pubDate>2/2/2010</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/quickreviews/QRReport.aspx?QRID=125</link></item><item><title>IES has released FY2011 funding announcements for four education research and research training grant competitions</title><description><![CDATA[IES has released FY2011 funding announcements education research and research training grant competitions. The four competitions are: Postdoctoral Education Research Training Program (84.305B); Education Research and Development Center Program (84.305C); Statistical and Research Methodology in Education (84.305D); and Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies (84.305E). The Request for Applications for each competition is available at http://ies.ed.gov/funding/.  IES will announce additional competitions in late February.]]></description><pubDate>2/1/2010</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/funding/</link></item><item><title>IES has released FY2011 funding announcements for two special education grant competitions: special education research and development center and postdoctoral research training programs</title><description><![CDATA[IES has released FY2011 funding announcements for two special education grant competitions: the Special Education Postdoctoral Research Training Program (84.324B) and the Special Education Research and Development Center Program (84.324C). The Requests for Applications are available at http://ies.ed.gov/funding/.  IES will announce additional research grant competitions in late February.]]></description><pubDate>2/1/2010</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/funding/</link></item><item><title>WWC Rates Study of Widely-used Math Curricula</title><description><![CDATA[This new quick review looks at a study that examined the relative effectiveness of four early elementary school math curricula:  Investigations in Number, Data and Space, Math Expressions, Saxon Math, and Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Mathematics.]]></description><pubDate>1/26/2010</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/quickreviews/QRReport.aspx?QRID=117</link></item><item><title>What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Releases New Middle School Math Report</title><description><![CDATA[Read the What Works Clearinghouse report on the Connected Mathematics Project (CMP), a curriculum that uses interactive problems and everyday situations to teach math concepts.  Each grade level of the curriculum is a full-year program and covers numbers, algebra, geometry and measurement, probability and statistics.]]></description><pubDate>1/26/2010</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/middle_math/cmp/index.asp</link></item><item><title>REL West releases report on &amp;quot;School-site Administrators: a California County and Regional Perspective on Labor Market Trends&amp;quot;</title><description><![CDATA[This report by REL West explores the differences among California's counties and regions in their needs for new school-site administrators in the coming decade, as driven by a combination of projected administrator retirements and projected student enrollment changes. <em>School-site administrators: a California county and regional perspective on labor market trends</em> provides estimates of the percentage of county administrators that will need be replaced by the next decade.   For example, the highest-need counties will have to replace 46 percent of their principals and vice principals with new hires over the next decade.]]></description><pubDate>1/25/2010</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/projects/project.asp?ProjectID=234</link></item><item><title>Patterns in the Identification of and Outcomes for Children and Youth With Disabilities</title><description><![CDATA[Presenting a national description of identification patterns across time and outcomes for children with disabilities, a new study from the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance titled, "Patterns in the Identification of and Outcomes for Children and Youth With Disabilities," reported that the percentage of children in each age group who were newly identified or continuing to receive early intervention and special education services increased from 1997 to 2005. The study uses existing data collected by the U.S. Department of Education and other federal agencies to present information on infants and toddlers (birth through age 2), preschool-age children (ages 3 through 5), and school-age children and youth (ages 6 through 21) served under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The purpose of the report is to provide background context for studies of program implementation and effectiveness occurring under the National Assessment of IDEA.]]></description><pubDate>1/19/2010</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20104005/index.asp</link></item><item><title>January Issue of IES Research Newsletter Now Available</title><description><![CDATA[The January 2010 issue of the IES research newsletter features new IES initiatives, highlights from funded research, grants, training and conference updates, staff news, and upcoming events.]]></description><pubDate>1/12/2010</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/newsletters/</link></item><item><title>Survey of Outcomes Measurement in Research on Character Education Programs</title><description><![CDATA[This NCEE Reference Report is intended to help researchers identify and select measures for assessing the outcomes of character education programs. Character education programs are school-based programs that have as one of their objectives promoting the character development of students. This report systematically examines the outcomes that were measured in evaluations of a delimited set of character education programs and the research tools used for measuring the targeted outcomes. The multi-faceted nature of character development and many possible ways of conceptualizing it, the large and growing number of school-based programs to promote character development, and the relative newness of efforts to evaluate character education programs using rigorous research methods all combine to make the selection or development of measures relevant to the evaluation of these programs especially challenging. This report is a step toward creating a resource that can inform measure selection for conducting rigorous, cost effective studies of character education programs. The report, however, does not provide comprehensive information on all measures or types of measures, guidance on specific measures, or recommendations on specific measures.]]></description><pubDate>12/22/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/2009006/index.asp</link></item><item><title>More Research Needed on Accelerated Reader for English Language Learners</title><description><![CDATA[See how WWC rated the research on <em>Accelerated Reader</em>, a computer-based reading management system for English Language Learners.]]></description><pubDate>12/22/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/english_lang/accreader/</link></item><item><title>Educational Technology in Public School Districts: Fall 2008</title><description><![CDATA[This First Look report presents data from a fall 2008 district Fast Response Survey System (FRSS) survey on the availability and use of educational technology. This includes information on networks and Internet capacity, technology policies, district-provided resources, teacher professional development, and district-level leadership for technology.]]></description><pubDate>12/16/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010003</link></item><item><title>WWC Looks at Reading Recovery for English Language Learners</title><description><![CDATA[See how WWC rated the research on Reading Recovery, a short-term tutoring intervention, on English Language Learners.]]></description><pubDate>12/15/2009</pubDate><link>http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/english_lang/read_recov/</link></item><item><title>Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2009    </title><description><![CDATA[A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics, this annual report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. It provides the most current detailed statistical information to inform the Nation on the nature of crime in schools. This report presents data on crime at school from the perspectives of students, teachers, principals, and the general population from an array of sources--the National Crime Victimization Survey, the School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the School Survey on Crime and Safety and the School and Staffing Survey. Data on crime away from school are also presented to place school crime in the context of crime in the larger society.]]></description><pubDate>12/10/2009</pubDate><link>http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2010012</link></item></channel></rss>
