Description
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is seeking applications for the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) grants program, which aims to support state agencies' use of their statewide longitudinal data systems (SLDSs) to provide evidence for their own program and policy decisions, and those of their local education agencies pertaining to learners with or at risk for disabilities. The program focuses on improving outcomes for learners with or at risk for disabilities by using longitudinal data to inform state education policymaking. Eligible applicants include state agencies, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and public and private agencies and institutions. The grant program requires applicants to propose a research project that uses the state's longitudinal data system to examine key issues, programs, and/or policies related to learners with or at risk for disabilities. The project must include a research design and analysis plan, demonstrate how the research will address the research questions, and describe the analytical expertise of the personnel. The grant program also requires applicants to propose a plan for disseminating the project's findings to multiple audiences and to describe the project team's dissemination expertise.
• Key issues, problems, programs, and/or policies to be examined
• Learners with or at risk for disabilities to be focused on
• Research questions to be addressed
• Project team's expertise and experience with the issues, problems, programs, and/or policies
• Research design and methods to be used
• Data analysis plan
• Project team's access to and expertise with the data
• Plan for disseminating the project's findings to multiple audiences
• Project team's dissemination expertise