Randomized Controlled Trials: IES Resources Available

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) provides educational researchers with a significant source of information to assist with randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Several IES centers publish helpful reports and guides including the following:

The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEERA) provides a report to assist with the statistical theory underlying RCT-YES software. The RCT-YES software package estimates impacts of RCTs for a wide range of designs used in social policy research. See the NCEERA website to view or download the report: Statistical Theory for the RCT-YES Software: Design-Based Causal Inference for RCTs.

NCEERA also offers educational practitioners user-friendly tools to identify and implement practices supported by rigorous evidence. See the NCEERA website to view or download the guide: Identifying and Implementing Educational Practices Supported By Rigorous Evidence: A User Friendly Guide.

The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) provides a search tool allowing users the ability to search for ongoing and completed education-related studies. See the WWC Registries website to use the search tool: Registry of Randomized Controlled Trials.

The National Center for Education Research (NCER) provides a guide for the design and analysis of partially nested RCTs. See the NCER website to view or download the guide: Partially Nested Randomized Controlled Trials in Education Research: A Guide to Design and Analysis.

 

 

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Awarded Projects for May 2015

College of Education
Awarded Projects
May 2015
Principal Investigator: Christy Gabbard (P. K. Yonge)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Project Title: RTTT – Professional Development for Digital Learning
Project Period: 4/1/2015 – 6/30/2015
Award Amount: $229,102.55
Principal Investigator: Nicholas A. Gage (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Connecticut (Subcontract – CT Dept. of Education Flow-Through)
Project Title: Evaluation of Connecticut K-3 Early Literature Initiative
Project Period: 7/1/2014 – 6/30/2015
Award Amount: $24,999.00
Principal Investigator: Patricia Snyder (AZCEECS/SSESPECS)
Co-PI: James Algina (AZCEECS/SSESPECS), Mary McLean (AZCEECS/SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Project Title: Impact of Professional Development on Preschool Teachers’ Use of Embedded-Instruction Practices: An Efficacy Trial of Tools for Teachers
Project Period: 6/1/2015 – 6/30/2019
Award Amount: $3,498,113.00

 

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Submitted Projects for May 2015

College of Education
Submitted Projects
May 2015
Principal Investigator: Ashley MacSuga-Gage (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of South Florida (Subcontract – FL DOE Flow-Through)
Proposal Title: Florida Positive Behavior Project
Requested Amount: $25,000
Principal Investigator: Joseph Gagnon (SSESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Feminist Review Trust
Proposal Title: Client Satisfaction with Participation in the Mobile Outreach Clinic and Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program
Requested Amount: $23,081
Principal Investigator: Rose Pringle (STL)
Co-PI: Lynda Hayes (P. K. Yonge)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: University of Florida Unites Teachers to Reform Education in Science: Preparing a New Generation of Middle Grades Science Teacher Leaders (U-FUTuRES 2.0)
Requested Amount: $50,000
Principal Investigator: Bruce MacFadden (Florida Museum of Natural History)
Co-PI: Rose Pringle (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: NRT-IGE: STEM Corps K21: A New Hybrid Scientist-Teacher Model for the 21st Century
Requested Amount: $37,299
Principal Investigator: Patricia Snyder (AZCEECS/SSESPECS)
Co-PI: Mary McLean (AZCEECS/SSESPECS)
Funding Agency: California Department of Education
Proposal Title: Embedded Instruction Pilot Grant – California
Requested Amount: $300,048
Principal Investigator: George Michailidis (UF Informatics Institute)
Co-PI: Walter Leite (SHDOSE), Jeffrey Johnson (Anthropology), Zhe Wang (Computer & Information Science & Engineering), Dapeng Wu (Electrical & Computer Engineering)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: NRT-DESE: Network Science Training and Application to Collaborative Research
Requested Amount: $38,522

 

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