NCER recently made a total of 62 awards to applications considered under four FY 2010 (Session 1) competitions: Education Research Grants Program (CFDA 84.305A); Postdoctoral Research Training Program in Education (CFDA 84.305B); Statistical and Research Methodology in Education (CFDA 84.305D); and Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies (CFDA 84.305E).

NCER recently awarded 41 new research grants under the Education Research Grants Program to applications considered under the June 2009 deadline. These awards are:

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Education Research Grants Program (CFDA 84.305A)

Reading and Writing

Developing Contrastive Analysis Techniques for Teaching Academic Classroom English to Young African American English-Speaking Students
University of Michigan, Holly Craig

Predictors and Subtypes of Reading Disabilities: Implications for Instruction of "Late Emergers"
Vanderbilt University, Donald Compton

Development of Integrated Text Level Curricula for Kindergarten Through Second Grade Students
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Dennis Ciancio

Fostering Reading Engagement in English-Monolingual Students and English Language Learners Through a History Curriculum
George Mason University, Ana Taboada

Mathematics and Science Education

Embedded Assessments Using the ChemCollective Virtual Lab
WestEd, Michael Timms

National Randomized Controlled Trial of Everyday Mathematics
Southwest Educational Development Corporation, Michael Vaden-Kiernan

Transforming Algebra Assignments
Strategic Education Research Partnership Institute, Mary Suzanne Donovan

An Adaptive Testing System for Diagnosing Sources of Mathematics Difficulties
Georgia Institute of Technology, Susan Embretson

Improving Mathematics Achievement through Active Student Participation in Mathematics Classrooms
University of California, Los Angeles, Noreen Webb

Cognition and Student Learning

Improving a Natural-Language Tutoring System that Engages Students in Deep Reasoning Dialogues about Physics
University of Pittsburgh, Sandra Katz

Tools of the Mind: Promoting Self-Regulation and Academic Ability in Kindergarten
New York University, Clancy Blair

Improving Students' Skill at Solving Equations Through Better Encoding of Algebraic Concepts
Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Julie Booth

A Theory-Driven Search for the Optimal Conditions of Instructional Guidance in Algebra Tutor
Carnegie Mellon University, John Anderson

Interactions Between Visual and Auditory Interventions for Reading
University of California, San Diego, Garrison Cottrell

Promoting Transfer of the Control of Variables Strategy in Elementary and Middle School Children via Contextual Framing and Abstraction
Carnegie Mellon University, David Klahr

Teacher Quality – Mathematics and Science Education

A Practice-Based Approach to Professional Development in Science in Urban Elementary and Middle Schools
Technical Education Research Centers, Inc., Ann Rosebery

Linear Functions for Teaching: An Efficacy Study of Learning and Teaching Linear Functions
WestEd, Steven Schneider

Making Room for Student Thinking: Using Automated Feedback, Video-Based Professional Development, and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations to Improve Mathematical Discussion
University of Michigan, Kevin Miller

Accessible Professional Development for Teaching Aquatic Science Inquiry
University of Hawaii, Kanesa Duncan

Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning

A Longitudinal Study of Teaching Practices, Classroom Peer Ecologies, and Youth Outcomes
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Philip Rodkin

Evaluation of a Video-Based Modeling Program to Promote Effective Teacher Classroom Management Practices
University of Missouri, Wendy Reinke

Increasing Adolescent Engagement, Motivation, and Achievement: Efficacy of a Web-Based, Teacher Professional Development Model
University of Virginia, Joseph Allen

The Career Passport Program: Development and Refinement
Cleveland State University, Justin Perry

Minnesota Partnership for School Connectedness
University of Minnesota, Michael Resnick

Education Leadership

Assessing School Leaders' Development of Management Skills and Leadership: A Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study
Stanford University, Susanna Loeb

Learning Leadership: Kernel Routines for Instructional Improvement
Northwestern University, James Spillane

Education Policy, Finance, and Systems

Alignment Across K-12 Writing Standards, Assessments, Achievement, and Postsecondary Expectations: A State-by-State Analysis
Michigan State University, Gary Troia

Turnaround Intervention for Transformation of High-Need Schools
Turnaround for Children, Inc., Joan Stamler

Early Childhood Programs and Policies

ECHOS: Early Childhood Hands on Science
Museum of Science, Inc., Judy Brown

Extending the Cultural and Linguistic Validity of the Adjustment Scales for Preschool Intervention (ASPI) for Low-Income, Latino Children
University of Miami, Rebecca Shearer

Development of an Online Course to Improve Teachers' Use of Effective Teacher-Child Interactions During Delivery of Early Literacy and Language Instruction
University of Virginia, Bridget Hamre

Interventions for Struggling Adolescent and Adult Readers and Writers

Measuring Reading Progress in Struggling Adolescents
Florida State University, Barbara Foorman

Assessment of Comprehension in Older Struggling Readers
Boston University, Gloria Waters

English Language Learners

Language and Literacy Abilities in Spanish Language Speaking Children
University of Houston, Lee Branum-Martin

Postsecondary Education

Evaluating the Long-Term Effects and the Costs of Two Community College Interventions
MDRC, Thomas Brock

Causes and Consequences of Public Subsidies in Higher Education: Evidence from Community College Districts
University of Michigan, Isaac McFarlin

Expanding College Opportunities: Evaluation of a Random Assignment Intervention
Stanford University, Caroline Hoxby

Evaluating the Effects of Basic Skills Mathematics Placement on Academic Outcomes of Community College Students in the Los Angeles Community College District
University of Southern California, Tatiana Melguizo

Education Technology

Mathemantics Preschool --> 3: Development and Evaluation of Mathematics Software for Children from Preschool to Grade 3
Teachers College, Columbia University, Herbert Ginsburg

A Technology-Rich Teacher Professional Development Intervention that Supports Content-Based Curriculum Development for English Language Learners
Educational Testing Service, Jill Burstein

Developing and Evaluating a Technology-Based Fractions Intervention Program for Low-Achieving and At-Risk Students
Vanderbilt University, Ted Hasselbring

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Postdoctoral Education Research Training Program in the Education Sciences (CFDA 84.305B)

NCER recently awarded 10 new research training grants under the Postdoctoral Education Research Training Program in Education to applications considered under the June 2009 deadline. These awards are:

Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research Training Program in Education Sciences
University of Virginia, Sara Rimm-Kaufman

Penn GSE in Postdoctoral Training Program in the Education Sciences
University of Pennsylvania, Laura Desimone

Postdoctoral Field Based Research Methodology Training
Vanderbilt University, Dale Farran

Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowship in Early Childhood Education Sciences
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Margaret Burchinal

Post Doctoral Research Training in Education Sciences
Northwestern University, Larry Hedges

Postdoctoral Training in Children’s Mathematics Learning
Carnegie Mellon University, Robert Siegler

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Postdoctoral Research Training Program in Mathematics Education
Board of Education of the University of Illinois, Sarah Lubienski

Postdoctoral Training Program in Mathematical Thinking, Learning, and Instruction
University of Wisconsin, Mitchell Nathan

Carnegie Mellon and RAND Traineeships (CMART) in Methodology and Interdisciplinary Research
Carnegie Mellon University, Brian Junker

The Science Writing Heuristic Post-doctoral Fellowship
The University of Iowa, William Therrien

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Statistical and Research Methodology in Education (CFDA 84.305D)

NCER recently awarded nine new research grants under the Statistical and Research Methodology in Education to applications considered under the June 2009 deadline. These awards are:

Regression Discontinuity Designs with Assignment Based on Multiple Rating Scores: Statistical Properties and Issues in the Context of Education Evaluation
MDRC, Howard Bloom

Non-Linear Multilevel Latent Variable Modeling with a Metropolis-Hastings Robbins-Monro Algorithm
University of California, Los Angeles, Li Cai

Practical Tools for Multilevel Hierarchical Modeling in Education Research
Columbia University, Andrew Gelman

Constructing Value-Added Indicators of Teacher and School Effectiveness that We Can Trust
Michigan State University, Cassandra Guarino

Better Warranted Quasi-Experimental Practice for Evidence-Based Practical Research
Northwestern University, Thomas Cook

Generalized Dimensionality Assessment for Multidimensional Psychometric Models
Arizona State University, Roy Levy

A d-Estimator for Single Case Designs
University of California, Merced, William Shadish

Testing Different Methods of Improving the External Validity of Impact Evaluations in Education
Abt Associates, Inc., Robert Olsen

Value-Added Models and Accountability: Next Steps
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Robert Meyer

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Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies (CFDA 84.305E)

NCER recently awarded two new research grants under the Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies to applications considered under the June 2009 deadline. These awards are:

Intended and Unintended Consequences of State High-Stakes Testing: Evidence from Standards-Based Reform in Massachusetts
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Graduate School of Education, Richard Murnane

The Impact of the Michigan Merit Curriculum and Michigan Promise Scholarship on Student Outcomes
University of Michigan, Brian Jacob