Institute of Education Sciences

12/09/2024

Check out our new practice guide on Teacher-Delivered Behavioral Interventions in Grades K-5!

This practice guide provides teachers with seven recommendations for implementing low-intensity behavioral interventions in grade K–5 classrooms to support students in demonstrating expected behaviors in the classroom so that students and their classmates can engage in learning.

01/03/2023

12/01/2022

ICYMI: IES invited providers to submit proposals for innovative digital interventions that could significantly improve math outcomes for upper elementary school students with or at risk for a disability that affects math performance. Meet the Phase 1 finalists and learn more about the Challenges: https://ies.ed.gov/challenge/

11/30/2022

Today, the IES Learning Acceleration Challenges announced the Math Prize finalists. They received $25,000 each and will implement their interventions at partner schools during Phase 2. Learn more about the interventions: https://ies.ed.gov/challenge/

11/29/2022

In case you missed it, check out NCSER Commissioner Joan McLaughlin’s recent speech on the state of special education hosted by the University of Kansas School of Education & Human Sciences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGhx5eRyfyE

The 2022 Edward L. Meyen Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Dr. Joan McLaughlin, Commissioner of the Institute of Education Sciences National Center fo...

11/10/2022

IES is pleased to announce the award of the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Southwest contract to American Institutes for Research (AIR). RELs are an important part of how IES has built a bridge between research, policy, and evidence-based education over the last 20 years.

11/08/2022

Last week IES celebrated its 20th anniversary of rigorous, nonpartisan education research, evaluation, and statistics. Read our press release celebrating :

The Institute of Education Sciences is celebrating 20 years. As the U.S. Department of Education’s independent, nonpartisan statistics, research, and evaluation arm, we have worked with educators, parents, policymakers, researchers, and the public since 2002 to transform education sciences and impr...

11/03/2022

IES is proud to be celebrating 20 years of rigorous, nonpartisan education research, evaluation, and statistics. Over the next few months, we look forward to celebrating with you. Follow and visit our anniversary page for more updates: https://ies.ed.gov/20thanniversary/

11/02/2022

In a new blog, Director Mark Schneider highlights a few of the findings from NAEP that are critical for understanding where the nation stands academically after COVID-19.

Institute of Education Sciences (IES): NAEP Release: What to Know, What to Admit We Don't Know

11/01/2022

In a new blog, two researchers share their strategies for developing research briefs for non-technical audiences:

Researchers must possess the ability to clearly communicate research findings to non-technical audie

10/31/2022

In honor of , we discussed NCSER-funded research on transition support for students with disabilities with principal investigators Meg Grigal and Clare Papay.

In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, we discussed NCSER-funded research on tr

10/28/2022

In recognition of , we asked Rachelle Johnson, IES predoctoral fellow and PhD student at Florida State University, how having a learning disability impacts her career development as a researcher.