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2012 National Board for Education Sciences Annual Report
Briefing Material for Board Members

NCER Projects

Within the programs listed above, NCER supports a wide range of topic areas. Over the past decade, the titles of the topic areas have changed. In the list below, the 10 numbered topics are the current titles. Underneath the topic area titles are the previous titles that are encompassed in the current RFA.

Research Programs

  • Education Research
    1. Cognition and Student Learning  (FY 2002)
    2. Early Learning Programs and Policies (FY 2008)
    3. Education Technology (FY 2008)
    4. Effective Teachers and Effective Teaching (FY 2012)
      • Teacher Quality: Mathematics and Science Education (FY 2003 to FY 2011)
      • Teacher Quality: Reading and Writing (FY 2003 to FY 2011)
    5. English Learners (FY 2010)
    6. Improving Education Systems: Policies, Organization, Management, and Leadership (FY 2011)
      • Education Leadership (FY 2004 to FY 2010)
      • Education, Policy, Finance, and Systems (FY 2004 to FY 2010)
      • Middle and High School Reform (FY 2006 to FY 2010)
    7. Mathematics and Science Education (FY 2003)
    8. Postsecondary and Adult Education (FY 2012)
      • Interventions for Struggling Adolescent and Adult Readers and Writers (FY 2007 to FY 2010)
      • Postsecondary Education (FY 2007 to FY 2012)
    9. Reading and Writing (FY 2002)
      • Interventions for Struggling Adolescent and Adult Readers and Writers (FY 2007 to FY 2010)
    10. Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning (FY 2008)
  • National Research and Development Centers
  • Statistical and Research Methodology in Education (FY 2009)
  • Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies (FY 2009)
  • Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research (FY 2013)

Research Training Programs

  • Postdoctoral Research Training Program in the Education Sciences (FY 2005)
  • Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences (FY 2004, FY 2005; FY 2008, FY 2009)
  • Researcher and Policymaker Training Program in the Education Sciences (FY 2013)

Other Programs

  • Small Business Innovation Research (FY 2002)
  • Unsolicited (FY 2002)
  • Preschool Curriculum and Evaluation Research (FY 2002 to FY 2003)
  • Social and Character Development (FY 2003)

More detail is available on these projects at https://ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/.