The National Center for Education Research FY 2022 Awards

The National Center for Education Research (NCER) made awards across multiple FY 2022 competitions. Listed below are the awards to date from the Education Research Grant Program, Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences, Statistical and Research Methodology in Education, Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice, Research Grants Focused on Systematic Replication, Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Recovery Policymaking, and Improving Pandemic Recovery Efforts in Education Agencies competitions.

EDUCATION RESEARCH (84.305A)

In FY 2022, NCER made 45 awards under the Education Research grant program (ALN 84.305A) to applications considered under the September 2021 deadline. In FY 2023, NCER funded an additional 17 grants to applications considered under the September 2021 deadline (see * below). The total spending for all awards under ALN 84.305A is approximately $131.5 million. Click on the title of each project to get more information about each award.

Career and Technical Education

• CTE Teacher Labor Markets, Attributes, and Student Outcomes
  Georgia State University, Daniel Kreisman

Civics Education and Social Studies

• Designing Open-Access Curricular Supports to Deepen Discussions in World History
  Digital Promise Global, Emi Iwatani
• * YOUTH STAND UP: Investigating the Impact of a Critically Relevant, Media-Rich Civic Action Unit on Eighth Graders' Civic Identity and Efficacy
  WGBH Educational Foundation, Susan Wilkins

Cognition and Student Learning

• Optimizing AI-Based Tutoring Software for Middle-School Mathematics on Smartphones
  Carnegie Mellon University, Vincent Aleven
• * Exploring the Affordances of Immersive Virtual Reality for Learning
  New York University, Jan Plass
• Applied Spatial Training for Elementary Mathematics
  University of Maryland, College Park; Kelly Mix
• Efficacy of Early Language Comprehension Individualized Instruction (ELCII)
  University of Minnesota, Panayiota Kendeou
• Enhancing Learning by Reducing Distraction
  University of Texas, Austin; Michael Mrazek

Early Learning Programs and Policies

• Efficacy of TeacherRead-MaestrosLeer for Enhancing the Foundational Language and Literacy Skills of Dual Language Learners
  American Institutes for Research (AIR), Johannes Bos
• Exploring Malleable and Meaningful Factors in Preschool Teachers' Talk Related to Children's Language Outcomes
  Florida State University, Beth M. Phillips
• Sustaining Pre-K Gains Into Elementary School: Exploring the Role of School-Based Pre-K in Equity, Continuity, and Collaboration
  North Carolina State University, Michael Little
• Integrated, Intelligent, and Interactive Technologies Building Young Children's Math Along Learning Trajectories
  University of Denver, Douglas Clements
• Longitudinal Impacts of the Boston Prekindergarten Program Through Early Adulthood
  University of Michigan, Christina Weiland
• Observer Impression Scale of Preschool Children's Peer Social Competence
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Samuel Odom
• * Development of an Implementation Support Package to Install, Implement, and Sustain MTSS in Early Childhood Settings
  University of South Florida, Trina Spencer
• Following Up on Initial Promise: Experimental Evidence on the Impacts of Full-Day Pre-K
  University of Virginia, Allison Atteberry
• * Examining the Efficacy of Program-Wide Supports for Pyramid Model Implementation (PWS-PMT): Addressing Young Children's Social-Emotional Competence and Challenging Behavior
  Vanderbilt University, Mary Louise Hemmeter

Effective Instruction

• Efficacy Study of the Simulated Instruction in Mathematics Professional Development
  American Institutes for Research (AIR), Rachel Garrett
• Assessing the Potential of Outcomes-Based Licensure Test Standards
  American Institutes for Research (AIR), Dan Goldhaber
• Sustaining Literacy Practices Over Time: Codifying Knowledge Through Micro-Credentialing
  Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) Institute, Suzanne Donovan
• Assessing Teacher Applicants: What Can be Learned About Inservice Teacher Quality and Retention by Applying AI to Applicant Short-Answer Questions
  University of Minnesota, Aaron Sojourner
• Pathways Into Teaching: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of High Leverage Opportunities to Increase the Representation of Teachers of Color in Tennessee Schools
  Vanderbilt University, Jason Grissom

English Learners

• BELLA Online: ESL and Classroom Teachers Working Together With Children and Families
  Duke University, Leslie Babinski
• * Words as Tools: Vocabulary Development for Emergent Bilinguals for Science and Beyond
  Pennsylvania State University, Amy Crosson
• Supporting the Educational Attainment of Active and Former English Learners in High School in Chicago
  University of Chicago, Elaine Allensworth
• Elevating Engineering with English Learners
  WestEd, Kirsten Daehler

Improving Education Systems

• * Lessons from the Pandemic: The Effects of Remote Instructional Delivery and Recovery Strategies on Student Outcomes
  Georgia State University, Tim Sass
• Linking Inequities in Educational Opportunities to Inequality in Educational Outcomes: An Exploratory Analysis in New York State
  Stanford University, Sean Reardon

Literacy

• Promoting Reading Comprehension and Learning With Multimodal Science Texts (PRISM)
  Texas A&M University, Kausalai Wijekumar

Postsecondary and Adult Education

• Student Supports: The Role of Social Safety Net Programs in Community College Student Success
  University of California, Berkeley; Jesse Rothstein
• Exploring Noncredit CTE Program Factors that Strengthen Workforce Pipelines
  University of California, Irvine, Di Xu
• iCODE: Investigating and Scaffolding Students' Code Comprehension Processes to Improve Learning, Engagement, and Retention
  University of Memphis, Vasile Rus
• Early First-Dollar Categorical Need-Based Aid: A New Model for Making College Affordable?
  University of Michigan, Kevin Stange
• * The Transfer of College Credits Earned in High School
  University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Julie Edmunds
• Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial of Better Futures Postsecondary Access Intervention for Youth in Foster Care
  Washington State University, Amy Salazar

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education

• * Exploring Students' Progression in developing Quantitative Knowledge-in-Use about Energy
  Michigan State University, Robert Geier
• * Efficacy of Zearn Math
  RAND Corporation, John F. Pane
• Testing the Efficacy of the CAL-KIBO Educational Robotics Curriculum for Improving Computational Thinking, Fluid Reasoning, and Math Achievement
  RTI International, Michael Willoughby
• Improving Children's Math Skills through a Personalized Early Learning Technology Solution: An Efficacy Study
  WestEd, Linlin Li
• Exploring Computational Thinking: Applying Psychometric Analysis to Assess Relationships with Primary Cognitive Abilities and Malleability
  Utah State University, David Feldon

Social and Behavioral Context for Academic Learning

• A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of the Second Step Middle School Program
  American Institutes for Research (AIR), Trisha Borman
• * Refinement and Validation of a Large-Scale Panel Survey of Students' Social-Emotional Learning in Grades 4 Through 12 in the COVID Era
  Education Analytics, Robert Meyer
• Examining Effects of Social-Emotional Learning on Outcomes Through High School and Beyond: A Follow-up Study of INSIGHTS
  MDRC, Meghan McCormick
• Longitudinal Relations Among Social Contexts, Bullying, Victimization, and Elementary School Outcomes in a Nationally Representative Sample
  Pennsylvania State University, Paul Morgan
• Promoting Adolescents' Social, Emotional, and Academic Development with a Blended Curriculum: An Early Efficacy Study
  RAND Corporation, Jonathan Schweig
• * Initial Efficacy Study of Classcraft, A Gamified Approach to Classroom Management
  SRI International, Carl Sumi
• Project EASS-E: Expanding Approaches to School Screening With Equity
  University of Connecticut, Sandra Chafouleas
• The Social-Emotional Competency Assessment (SECA): Linking Forms Across Districts, Subpopulations, and Grade Levels
  University of Louisiana, Lafayette; Rachel Gordon
• * Long-Term Follow-Up of a PBIS RCT: Impact on Academics, Behavior, and Juvenile Justice Involvement
  University of Maryland, Baltimore; Angela Henneberger
• Brief, Transdiagnostic Care to Support Academic Learning in Adolescents With Emotional Disorder Symptoms
  University of Miami, Jill Ehrenreich-May
• Evaluating the Impact of TRAILS on Academic and Behavioral Health Outcomes in Detroit Public School Students
  University of Michigan, Robin Jacob
• Developing a Comprehensive Intervention for Children with Social Behavior and Academic Readiness Risk in Kindergarten: The Kindergarten Check-up (KCU)
  University of Missouri, Columbia; Melissa Stormont
• * Integrating Mindfulness Into School Counseling to Enhance Resilience for Adolescents in the Context of Stress
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Desiree W. Murray
• * ReACT Initial Efficacy: Testing the Effects of a Promising Intervention to Achieve Equity in School Discipline
  University of Oregon, Kent McIntosh
• COVID-19 Adapted Schooling and Adolescents' Academic and Socioemotional Adjustment
  University of Pittsburgh, Ming-Te Wang
• Development and Validation of the Culturally and Racial Equity Sustaining (CARES) Classroom Assessment System
  University of Virginia, Jessika Bottiani
• An Integrative Data Analysis of the Coping Power Program: Exploration of Academic Outcomes, Subgroup Effects, Mechanisms, and Implementation Factors
  University of Virginia, Heather McDaniel
• * The Usability of Social-emotional and Behavioral Interventions: Links to Implementation and Translation to Youth Outcomes (USABILITY)
  University of Washington, Aaron Lyon
• * Promoting Family-School Collaboration in Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
  University of Wisconsin, Madison; Andy Garbacz
• More Than Just Safety: School Security Measures and Academic, Behavioral, and Social Outcomes
  University of Wisconsin, Madison; Benjamin Fisher
• Distilling Practice Elements for School-Based Practices and Programs That Improve Social and Behavioral Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis
  Virginia Commonwealth University, Bryce McLeod
• * Promoting Student Performance and Well-being: An Efficacy Trial of High School RULER
  Yale University, Jessica Hoffman

RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE EDUCATION SCIENCES (84.305B)

NCER made five awards under Research Training Programs in the Education Sciences grant program (ALN 84.305B) to applications considered under the September 2021 deadline. The total spending for all awards under ALN 84.305B is approximately $3.8 million. Click on the title of each project to get more information about each award.

Postdoctoral Research Training Program in the Education Sciences

• Supporting Equity-Focused, Interdisciplinary, and Responsive Research in Early Childhood Care and Education: The Equity in Early Education (E3) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
  Stanford University, Jelena Obradovic
• University of Iowa Postdoctoral Training in Culturally Responsive Education Leadership Research
  University of Iowa, Saba Ali
• School Mental Health Collaborative-Postdoctoral Research and Training Program
  University of Wisconsin, Madison, Stephen Kilgus

Methods Training for Education Researchers

• Meta-Analysis Training Institute
  Georgia State University, Therese Pigott
• Applied Mixture Modeling Training Workshops and Resources for Education Researchers
  University of California, Santa Barbara; Karen Nylund-Gibson

Statistical and Research Methodology in Education (84.305D)

NCER made 13 new awards under the Statistical and Research Methodology in Education Program (ALN 84.305D) to applications considered under the August 2021 deadline. The total spending for these awards is approximately $10.1 million. Click on the title of each project to get more information about each award.

Statistical and Research Methodology in Education

• Consequences of Selective Reporting Bias in Education Research
  American Institutes for Research (AIR), Martyna Citkowicz
• Extending Dynamic Fit Index Cutoffs for Latent Variable Models
  Arizona State University, Daniel McNeish
• Practical Tools for Large-Scale Evaluation of Text Data in Randomized Trials in Education
  Harvard University, Luke Miratrix
• Investigating the Potential of Machine Learning Methods for Identifying Impact Variation in Randomized Control Trials
  MDRC, Kristin Porter
• Identifying Best Practices for Estimating Average Treatment Effects in Cluster Randomized Trials: Estimands, Estimators, and Estimates
  MDRC, Michael Weiss
• Quantifying the Robustness of Causal Inferences: Extensions and Application to Existing Databases
  Michigan State University, Kenneth Frank
• Design Comparable Effect Sizes for Single Case Designs
  Northwestern University, Larry Hedges
• Generalized, Multilevel, and Longitudinal Psychometric Models for Evaluating Educational Interventions
  University of Georgia, Matthew Madison
• Multilevel Regression Discontinuity Design with Latent Variables
  University of Maryland, College Park; Ji Seung Yang
• Integrated Replication Designs for Identifying Generalizability Boundaries of Causal Effects
  University of Virginia, Vivian Wong
• Bayesian Probabilistic Forecasting with International Large-Scale Assessments
  University of Wisconsin, Madison; David Kaplan

Statistical and Research Methodology in Education — Early Career

• Fair Prediction of College-Student Success Using Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines
  University of Illinois, Chicago; Hadis Anahideh

Statistical and Research Methodology in Education — Toolkits

• Dealing with Missing Data in Educational Research: Methodological Innovations and Contemporary Recommendations
  University of California, Los Angeles; Craig Enders

Research Networks focused on critical problems of education policy and practice (84.305N)

NCER made five new awards, to establish the Leveraging Evidence to Accelerate Recovery Nationwide Network (LEARN Network). The total spending for these awards is approximately $7 million.

• LEARN Network Lead
  SRI International, Rebecca Griffiths
• Modifying an Evidence-Based Peer-Mediated Reading Program to Differentiate Instruction and Accelerate Learning Among Underrepresented Groups: Implementing PALS in the Rio Grande Valley
  American Institutes for Research (AIR), Lauren Artzi
• Scaling Targeted Reading Instruction (TRI) to Serve Students Impacted by COVID-19: Digital Implementation of an Effective Intervention
  University of Florida, Mary Bratsch-Hines
• Adapting STARI to Accelerate Student Reading Achievement in Middle Grades
  Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) Institute, Margaret Troyer
• Classwide Fraction Intervention With Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies to Support
  Learning Acceleration
  American Institutes for Research (AIR), Toni Smith

RESEARCH GRANTS FOCUSED ON SYSTEMATIC REPLICATION (84.305R)

NCER made five new awards under the Research Grants Focused on Systematic Replication grant program (ALN 84.305R) to applications considered under the September 2021 deadline. The total spending for these awards is approximately $20.9 million. Click on the title of the project to get more information about the award.

• Using Text Messaging to Improve Kindergarten Readiness in Children in Rural New Mexico
  University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Rebecca M. Kilburn
• Effectiveness Replication of the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) Instructional Model for Writing in the General Curriculum
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Stephen Hooper
• A Replication Study to Examine the Efficacy of Sound Partners When Implemented by Peer Tutors
  University of Texas, Austin, Elizabeth Swanson
• A Systematic Replication Study of Interleaved Mathematics Practice
  WestEd, Bryan Matlen
• National Replication Study of the Effects of Self-Affirmation on Black and Latinx Students' Academic, Disciplinary and Socio-emotional Outcomes in Different School Settings
  WestEd, Jason Snipes

Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Recovery Policymaking (84.305S)

NCER made three new awards under the Using Longitudinal Data to Support State Education Recovery Policymaking grants Program (ALN 84.305S) to applications considered under the August 2021 deadline. The total spending for all awards is approximately $2.9 million. Click on the title of each project to get more information about each award.

• Assessing the Long-Term Impacts of School Extension Programs on Student Re-Engagement and Learning Recovery
  North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Michael Maher
• Putting Data to Work to Re-Engage Young Adults Who Experienced Pandemic-Related Educational Disruptions
  Tennessee Board of Regents, Russ Deaton
• The Impact of Texas's Additional Days School Year Initiative on Student Learning Loss
  Texas Education Agency, Brian Doran

Improving pandemic recovery efforts in education agencies (83.305X)

NCER made eight awards to grants to applications considered under the March 2022 deadline under the Improving Pandemic Recovery grant program. The total spending for these awards across two networks, the Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Recovery Research Network and the Community College Recovery Research Network is approximately $23 million. Click on the title of the project to get more information about the awards.

Prekindergarten Through Grade 12 Recovery Research Network

• PreK–12 RESTART Network Lead (Research on Education Strategies to Advance Recovery and Turnaround)
  American Institutes for Research (AIR), Susan Therriault
• Evaluation of the Learning Renewal-Social Emotional Learning Programs (LR-SEL) for Supporting Pandemic Recovery with Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
  American Institutes for Research (AIR), Kimberly Kendziora,
  Education Agency: Illinois State Board of Education
• A Researcher-Practitioner Partnership to Improve Pandemic Recovery Efforts in California
  Public Policy Institute of California, Niu Gao,
  Education Agency: California Department of Education
• Mitigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Curriculum-Based Approaches to Learning Acceleration in Grades K–2 in Chicago
  University of Chicago, Elaine Allensworth
  Education Agency: Chicago Public Schools

The Community College Recovery Research Network

• Accelerating Recovery in Community Colleges Network Lead
  Teachers College, Columbia University; Thomas Brock
• Strengthening Virginia's Pandemic Recovery Efforts: Providing High-Quality Community College Workforce Education to Underserved Adults
  Teachers College, Columbia University, Nicole Edgecombe
  Education Agency: Virginia Community College System
• Leveraging Technology and Engaging Students: Evaluating COVID-19 Recovery Efforts in the Los Angeles Community College District
  Harvard University, Christopher Avery
  Education Agency: Los Angeles Community College District
• Evidence to Inform Improvement: Supporting California Community Colleges in Pandemic Recovery
  University of California, Davis, Michal Kurlaender
  Education Agency: California Community Colleges

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