Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
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National Board
for Education
Sciences
Standards &
Review Office
National
Center for
Education
Evaluation
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National
Center for
Education
Research
National
Center for
Education
Statistics
National
Center for
Special
Education
Research
NCSER
sponsors a rigorous and comprehensive program
of special education research designed to expand
the knowledge and understanding of infants,
toddlers, and students with or at risk for
disabilities from birth through high school
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Connecting Research,
Policy and Practice
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Number of
Awards
Investment
(in millions)
Education Research
584
$965.4
20
$204.7
39
$24.7
26
$121.8
$0.8
Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
$2.4
14
$55.1
34
$24.8
$113.4
12
$20.2
$13.6
Unsolicited
31
$44.9
73
$64.9
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Number of
Awards
Investment
(in millions)
247
$451.0
$62.0
12
$7.8
$1.2
$10.0
16
$11.0
$1.4
Unsolicited Awards
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How to Identify
Appropriate Grant Programs
Read the Request for Applications
Review announced topics and methodological
requirements
Look at abstracts of projects funded under a research
topic or program
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http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/projects
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Exploration
Development & Innovation
Efficacy & Replication
Effectiveness
Measurement
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Exploration Goal
Explore associations between education outcomes
and malleable factors
Identify factors and conditions that may mediate or
moderate relations between malleable factors and
student outcomes
Possible methodological approaches include:
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Development
process must be
iterative!
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Effectiveness Goal
Evaluate whether a fully developed intervention that
has evidence of efficacy is effective when
implemented under typical conditions through an
independent evaluation
Prior to submitting an effectiveness proposal, at least
two efficacy studies of the intervention with
beneficial and practical impacts on student outcomes
must have been completed
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Effectiveness Goal
Must have two prior efficacy studies
Implemented by end user under routine conditions
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Measurement Goal
Development of new assessments or refinement of
existing assessments, and the validation of these
assessments
OR
Validation of existing assessments for specific
purposes, contexts and populations
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Measurement Goal
Must include a rationale for a new assessment or
refinement
Will result in well-specified assessment
framework:
Operation definition(s) of construct(s)
Theoretical model showing relation of construct(s)
Description of how assessments provides evidence of
construct(s)
Description of the intended use(s) and population(s)
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Maximum
(direct + indirect)
Exploration
With secondary data
With primary data
2 years, $700,000
4 years, $1,600,000
4 years, $1,500,000
4 years, $3,500,000
3 years, $1,300,000
3 years, $800,000
5 years, $5,000,000
3 years, $1,600,000
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4 years, $1,600,000
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Knowledge Utilization
Explore how and when practitioners use research
evidence to make decisions
Explore how existing education research can be
made more relevant and useful to practitioners
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Standards in Schools
States across the U.S. are adopting and implementing
new standards for college- and career-readiness
E.g. Common Core State Standards
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Virtual Learning
Support research on and evaluation of instructional
practices, content, and learning tools within widelyused online instructional delivery platforms
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Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships
Supports partnerships composed of research
institutions and state or local education agencies
Identified education problem of high priority for the
education agency that has important implications for
student outcomes
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Award Parameters
(84.305B-H & 84.324B)
Program
Maximum
Number of Years
Maximum Award
(direct + indirect)
5 years
5 years
3 years
$4,000,000
$700,000
$1,000,000
4 years
$400,000
5 years
5 years
5 years
$5,000,000
$10,000,000
$10,000,000
3 years
1.5 years
$900,000
$200,000
2 years
4 years
5 years
$400,000
$2,500,000
$5,000,000
305D Stats/Methods
Early Career
305H Researcher-Practitioner Part.
Continuous Improvement
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Then,
Contact
a
Program
Officer
Program Officers can offer guidance and technical
assistance
Program Officers are associated with competitions
and/or topics
Contact information is included at the end of each
RFA
Contact information is also available on each of the
program pages on the IES website
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Application
Deadline
August 7,
2014
4:30:00 PM
DC Time
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Letter of
Intent Due
Date
June 5, 2014
Application
Package
Posted
June 5, 2014
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Start Dates
July 1, 2015
to
Sept 1, 2015
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Notification
All applicants will receive e-mail notification that
the following information is available via the
Applicant Notification System (ANS):
Status of award
Peer reviewer summary statement
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