Between 2002 and 2013, the Institute of Education Sciences (Institute) funded over 245 projects
focused on social-behavioral competencies or outcomes. The majority of this work has been funded
through the National Center for Education Research (NCER) Social and Behavioral Context for
Academic Learning research topic and the National Center for Special Education Research
(NCSER) Social and Behavioral Outcomes to Support Learning research topic. Both centers also
support work focusing on social-behavioral competencies through other research topic areas,
including programs such as Cognition and Student Learning, Early Learning Programs and Policies,
and Transition Outcomes for Secondary Students with Disabilities. Together, the researchers funded
by NCER and NCSER to conduct research in social-behavioral competencies and outcomes have
developed or tested more than 170 instructional interventions(e.g., packaged curricula, intervention
frameworks, and instructional approaches), 40 professional development programs, 40 educational
technologies, and 25 assessments related to social-behavioral outcomes. In addition, they have
published over 650 peer-reviewed articles and reports based on these projects so far.
