NCER Announces Summer Workshops
The IES National Center for Education Research (NCER) is accepting applications for its 10th summer research training institute on cluster-randomized trials, July 18-28, 2016. Applications are due by April 18, 2016. Also, NCER is offering a new two-week training workshop on quasi-experimental research design and analysis, August 1-12, 2016. Applications are due by April 20, 2016. Both workshops will be held at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
- The training institute on cluster-randomized trials is designed to increase the capacity of researchers to develop and conduct rigorous evaluations of the impacts that education interventions have on student outcomes.
Dates: July 18 – 28, 2016
Location: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Application Deadline: April 18, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
Application materials should be submitted online at:
http://www.ipr.northwestern.edu/workshops/annual-summer-workshops/cluster-randomized-trials/apply/
Applicants will be notified of placement by May 6, 2016, via e-mail.
If you have questions about the training institute on cluster-randomized trials, please contact Valerie Lyne at v-lyne@northwestern.edu.
If you have questions about the IES grant supporting this training (R305B130023), please contact Dr. Phill Gagné.
- The training workshop on quasi-experimental research design and analysis will explore state-of-the-art quasi-experimental methods for evaluating education interventions. Participants will conduct hands-on analyses of data collected from quasi-experimental designs. Participants in prior quasi-experimental workshops that did not include hands-on training are encouraged to apply. The format will consist of lectures, small group discussions, individual consultations, and small-group practical exercises.
Dates: August 1 – 12, 2016
Location: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Application Deadline: April 20, 2016
More information on the application process is available at the Institute for Policy Research web site.
Applicants will be notified of placement by May 2, 2016.
If you have questions about the about the quasi-experimental design and analysis workshop, please contact Rebecca Morris at rebecca.morris@northwestern.edu.
If you have questions about the IES grant supporting this training (R305B140029), please contact Dr. Phill Gagné.
