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Compendia of Funded Research Projects
Research Papers and Reports
- Executive Function: Implications for Education
- The Role of Effect Size in Conducting, Interpreting, and Summarizing Single-Case Research
- Partially Nested Randomized Controlled Trials in Education Research: A Guide to Design and Analysis
- Efficacy of Schoolwide Programs to Promote Social and Character Development and Reduce Problem Behavior in Elementary School Children
- Effects of Preschool Curriculum Programs on School Readiness
Workshops and Conferences
- Workshop on Evaluating State and District Level Interventions The workshop will provide an overview of quasi-experimental and experimental evaluation designs, with a focus on state-level and district-level design issues.
- Summer Research Training Institute: Cluster-Randomized Trials The summer institute will focus on national capacity to develop and conduct rigorous evaluations of the effectiveness of education interventions by training researchers to conduct cluster (group) randomized trials in education settings.
Data Products
- Data Products From the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research (PCER) Pilot Year Study
The National Center for Education Research (NCER) has released a CD-ROM that contains documentation, an electronic codebook, and restricted-use data files for the fall 2002 and spring 2003 waves of data collection for the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Pilot Year study. Data from direct child assessments, parent interviews, teacher report on child behavior, preschool teacher interviews, and classroom observations are provided in ASCII format. These CD-ROMs are only available to holders of restricted-use data licenses. Researchers interested in obtaining a copy of the PCER Pilot Year data CD-ROM should contact the IES Data Security Office (IESData.Security@ed.gov OR go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/licenses.asp). Researchers who have questions about the PCER Pilot Year data may contact Caroline Ebanks for more information.
- Data Products From the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research (PCER) Multi-Program Evaluation Study
The National Center for Education Research (NCER) has released a CD-ROM that contains documentation, an electronic codebook, and restricted-use data files for the baseline pre-kindergarten year (Fall 2003), pre-kindergarten follow-up (spring 2004), and the kindergarten follow-up (Spring 2005) waves of data collection for the Preschool Curriculum Evaluation Research Multi-Program Evaluation study. Data from direct child assessments, parent interviews, teacher report on child behavior, preschool teacher interviews, kindergarten teacher surveys, and classroom observations (preschool year only) are provided in ASCII format. These CD-ROMs are only available to holders of restricted-use data licenses. Researchers interested in obtaining a copy of the PCER Pilot Year data CD-ROM should contact the IES Data Security Office (IESData.Security@ed.gov OR go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/licenses.asp). Researchers who have questions about the PCER Pilot Year data may contact Caroline Ebanks for more information. - Data Product From the Social and Character Development (SACD) Research Program
The National Center for Education Research (NCER) has released a CD-ROM that contains documentation, an electronic codebook, and restricted-use data files for cohort 1 (baseline-Fall 2004, first follow-up-Spring 2005, second follow-up-Fall 2005, third follow-up-Spring 2006, fourth follow-up-Spring 2007) and cohort 2 (baseline-Fall 2005, first follow-up-Spring 2006, third follow-up-Spring 2007) samples from the Social and Character Development multisite evaluation study. Data from child report, primary caregiver report, teacher report on students, teacher report on classroom and schools, principal interviews, and observational measures are provided. The CD-ROM is only available to holders of restricted-use data licenses. Researchers interested in obtaining a copy of the SACD data CD-ROM should contact the IES Data Security Office (IESData.Security@ed.gov OR go to http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/licenses.asp). Researchers who have questions about the SACD data may contact Caroline Ebanks for more information.