- Board's Message
- Chair's Message
- Overview of the National Board for Education Sciences Background
- Research Priorities
- Key Personnel Appointments at IES
- IES FY 2011 Budget
- Scientific Peer Review
- National Center for Education Statistics
- National Center for Education Research
- National Center for Special Education Research
- National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
- Board Activities
- Appendix A: Board Members
- Appendix B: Board Resolutions
- Appendix C: NCEE Reports
- C-1: NCEE Evaluations FY 2011
- C-2: NCEE Evaluation Reports, Technical Reports, and Issues and Answers Documents
- C-3: WWC Intervention Reports Released through June 30, 2011
- C-4: WWC Practice Guides Released Through June 30, 2011
- C-5: NCEE Evaluations Planned for 2012
- C-6: Regional Education Laboratory Bridge Events
- Appendix D: NCES Reports
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2011 National Board for Education Sciences Annual Report
Appendix C: Table C-1: NCEE Evaluations FY 2011
| No. | Title | Expected Completion | Policy Area | Contractor/REL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Measures of Academic Progressa | 2011 | Assessment | REL Midwest |
| 2 | Magnet School Assistance Program: Evaluation of conversion magnet schools | 2013 | Choice | AIR, UCSD, BPA |
| 3 | A Study of Implementation and Outcomes in Upward Bound and other TRIO Programs | 2015 | College Readiness | DIR, Abt, MPR |
| 4 | Program for Infant Toddler Carea | 2011 | Early Childhood | REL West |
| 5 | Accommodations for English Language Learner Students: The Effect of Linguistic Modification of Math Test Item Setsa | 2010  |
English Language Learners | REL West |
| 6 | Differential Effects of ELL Training and Materialsa | 2011 | English Language Learners | REL Central |
| 7 | Random Assignment Evaluation of a Principles-based Professional Development Program to Improve Reading Comprehension for English Language Learnersa | 2011 | English Language Learners | REL Pacific |
| 8 | Quality Teaching For English Language Learnersa | 2011 | English Language Learners | REL West |
| 9 | Adult Education: Evaluation of the impact of literacy instruction on adult ELS learners | 2010 |
Literacy | AIR, Lewin, ETS, BPA |
| 10 | English Language Learning: Effects of transitional bilingual education, two-way bilingual, and structured English immersion programs on the literacy and oracy of Spanish-dominant children | 2010 |
Literacy | Johns Hopkins University |
| 11 | Teacher Preparation in Early Reading | 2010 |
Literacy | Optimal Solutions, AIR |
| 12 | English Language Learning: Project ELLA (English language/literacy acquisition) | 2010 |
Literacy | Texas A&M Foundation |
| 13 | Adolescent Literacy: Evaluation of the impact of supplemental literacy interventions in freshman academies | 2010 | Literacy | MDRC, AIR |
| 14 | Even Start: Even Start classroom literacy interventions and outcomes study | 2011 | Literacy | Westat, Abt |
| 15 | Language Development: National Title 1 study of implementation and outcomes: Early childhood language development | 2014 | Literacy | Mathematica, DIR, UIC |
| 16 | The Effectiveness of a Program to Accelerate Vocabulary Development in Kindergartenaa | 2010 |
Literacy | REL Southeast |
| 17 | An Experimental Study of the Project CRISS Reading Program on Grade 9 Reading Achievement in Rural High Schoolsa | 2011 |
Literacy | REL Northwest |
| 18 | Impact of the Thinking Reader Software Program on Grade 6 Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, Strategies, and Motivation: Final Reporta | 2011 |
Literacy | REL Northeast |
| 19 | OWL Early Literacya | 2011 | Literacy | REL Appalachia |
| 20 | The Content Literacy Continuum (CLC) Studya | 2011 | Literacy | REL Midwest |
| 21 | Traits-Based Writinga | 2011 | Literacy | REL Northwest |
| 22 | The Effectiveness of a Program to Accelerate Vocabulary Development in First Gradea | 2011 | Literacy | REL Southeast |
| 23 | Summer Lexile Readinga | 2011 | Literacy | REL Southwest |
| 24 | Integrated evaluation of ARRA funds | 2014 | Low-Performing Schools | Westat, Policy Studies, Chesapeake |
| 25 | Impact evaluation of Race to the Top (RTT) and School Improvement Grants (SIGs) | 2015 | Low-Performing Schools | Mathematica, AIR, Social Policy Research |
| 26 | Implementation of School Turnaround Models | 2014 | Low-Performing Schools | AIR, Mathematica, DIR, Education Northwest |
| 27 | Effectiveness of a School Improvement Interventiona | 2011 | Low-Performing Schools | REL Central |
| 28 | Evaluation of early elementary math curricula | 2011 | Mathematics | Mathematica, SRI |
| 29 | Hybrid Algebraa | 2011 | Mathematics | REL Appalachia |
| 30 | Connected Matha | 2011 | Mathematics | REL Mid-Atlantic |
| 31 | Virtual Algebraa | 2011 | Mathematics | REL Northeast |
| 32 | Alabama Math, Science and Technology Initiativea | 2011 | Mathematics | REL Southeast |
| 33 | Math Tutoring for At-Risk Studentsa | 2011 | Mathematics | REL Southwest |
| 34 | Supplemental Education Services: Impact evaluation of Title I supplemental education services | 2010 |
Other | Mathematica |
| 35 | Regional Educational Laboratories: Evaluation of the Regional Educational Laboratories | 2012 | Other | Westat, Policy Studies |
| 36 | Effects of Problem Based Economics on High School Economics Instructiona | 2010 |
Other | REL West |
| 37 | Understanding Sciencea | 2011 | Science | REL West |
| 38 | Mandatory Random Drug Testing: An evaluation of the impact of mandatory random student drug testing | 2010 |
Social and Behavioral | RMC, Mathematica |
| 39 | School-based Violence Prevention: Impact evaluation of school-based violence prevention programs | 2011 |
Social and Behavioral | RTI, PIRE, Tanglewood |
| 40 | Lessons in Charactera | 2011 | Social and Behavioral | REL West |
| 41 | Design and IDEA-related analyses for the National Assessment | 2014 | Students with Disabilities | Abt, Weststat, Windwalker |
| 42 | National Assessment of IDEA: IDEA National assessment implementation study | 2011 | Students with Disabilities | Abt, Westat, Windwalker |
| 43 | Special Education Personnel Preparation: Evaluation of the personnel preparation to improve services and results for children with disabilities program | 2011 | Students with Disabilities | Westat, CEC, Compass |
| 44 | National Assessment of IDEA 2004: School improvement status and outcomes for students with disabilities | 2013 | Students with Disabilities | AIR, SRM |
| 45 | National Assessment of IDEA 2004: Impact evaluation of response to intervention (RTI) | 2013 | Students with Disabilities | MDRC, SRI, and SRM |
| 46 | Early Intervention and Special Education Personnel and Services | 2013 | Students with Disabilities | SRI, Westat, RMCE, Compass |
| 47 | National Assessment of IDEA 2004: National evaluation of the IDEA technical assistance and dissemination program | 2014 | Students with Disabilities | Westat, Empatha |
| 48 | Transition Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities | 2015 | Students with Disabilities | Mathematica, ICI, DIR |
| 49 | Teacher preparation in the U.S.: Study of teacher preparation programs in the United States | 2010 |
Teacher Quality | NRC |
| 50 | Professional Development in Math: Impact of professional development strategies on teacher practice and student achievement in math | 2011 |
Teacher Quality | AIR, MDRC |
| 51 | Evaluation of middle school mathematics professional development | 2011 | Teacher Quality | TBD |
| 52 | Teacher Recruitment: Impact evaluation of moving high-performing teachers to low-performing schools | 2012 | Teacher Quality | Mathematica, New Teacher Project, Optimal Solutions |
| 53 | Alternative Certification Models: Impact on secondary math achievement of highly selective alternative routes to certification | 2013 | Teacher Quality | Mathematica, Chesapeake |
| 54 | Teacher Quality Distribution | 2015 | Teacher Quality | Mathematica, Urban |
| 55 | A Study of Teacher Residency Programs | 2015 | Teacher Quality | Mathematica, Decision Information Resources |
| 56 | Impact evaluation of the Teacher Incentive Fund | 2015 | Teacher Quality | Mathematica, Vanderbilt, Chesapeake |
| 57 | Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers: Evaluation of the Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers | 2011 | Technical Assistance | Branch Associates, DIR, PSA |
| 58 | Evaluation of Investing in Innovation (i-3) | 2015 | Technical Assistance | Abt |
| 59 | Technical assistance with evaluations of the U.S. Department of Education grant programs | 2011 | Technical Assistance | Westat, Compass |
| 60 | Striving Readers Technical Assistance: Technical assistance to local impact evaluations of Striving Readers projects | 2014 | Technical Assistance | Abt |
a This study was completed under one of the Regional Education Laboratory contracts.
Designates that evaluation has been completed.