Welcome to the 2023 IES Principal Investigators Meeting! Our theme this year is Building on 20
years of IES Research to Accelerate the Education Sciences. Our Co-Chairs for this year’s PI
Meeting are Eunsoo Cho (Michigan State University) and Roddy Theobald (American Institutes for
Research). We appreciate their efforts in developing the meeting theme, and look forward to working
together to develop sessions, and identify speakers so that this virtual meeting is engaging and
useful to you.
Over the past 20 years, IES has significantly shaped the education research landscape with its
support of rigorous and relevant research on which to ground education practice and policy. While
IES has provided useful and accessible evidence on what education policies and practices work for
whom and under what conditions, there is still much more to be done. By leveraging and continuing
to build on the research IES has supported, stakeholders in the education community can address
the urgent needs in the field such as accelerating pandemic recovery for students and educators and
addressing inequities in learning opportunities and outcomes.
During this year’s meeting, we will not only reflect on and celebrate IES’s accomplishments and
successes, but we will also explore how IES can further advance the education sciences and
improve education outcomes for all learners. This year’s meeting will include session strands
focusing on:
- Advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the education sciences;
- Accelerating pandemic recovery for students and educators and reflecting on lessons learned
from the pandemic;
- Expanding and improving connections across research, policy, and practice communities, and
connecting researchers across different disciplines; and
- Exploring innovative, forward-looking strategies to incentivize and implement rigorous
research approaches, tools, and methods in the education sciences.
We look forward to seeing you virtually in May!
Elizabeth Albro, Commissioner, NCER
Jacquelyn Buckley, Acting Commissioner, NCSER