Preschool is the building block to lasting education success, but high-need communities often lack high-quality preschool experiences that promote school readiness
Education and learning
Building on open educational resources: helping students complete a degree without purchasing a single textbook
Investigating whether replacing traditional materials with freely available and openly licensed resources can increase college affordability and academic success
Creating a coherent and high-quality pathway of literacy instruction to help more students become proficient readers
SRI provided formative feedback on progress and implementation that promoted continuous improvement of practices, programs and policies used by the initiative’s leadership and the participating schools.
Evaluation of the CAPP Demonstration Partnerships
Policy & Program Studies: Kindergarten Entry Assessment Case Studies
Efficacy Study of Discipline in the Secondary Classroom for High Schools
SRI Education is leading an efficacy study of Discipline in the Secondary Classroom (DSC), a positive and proactive approach to classroom management developed by Safe & Civil Schools. In partnership with researchers at the University of Missouri, SRI will assess whether DSC helps improve high school teachers’ classroom discipline practices and students’ behavior and academic […]
RISE Home Visiting Evaluation
Research on the Use of Khan Academy in Schools
SRI is conducting a study to understand how math teachers are using the Khan’s Academy online resource in classrooms to improve instruction and student learning. Since Khan Academy’s appearance on the Web, users have viewed more than 365 million videos and solved over 1.8 billion math problems. The Khan Academy website offers free instructional videos for students […]
Regional Education Laboratory (REL) — Appalachia
Our REL Appalachia team of experts collaborates with schools, local and state departments of education, and other education agencies in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia to improve teaching practices and student outcomes. Educators, leaders, and policymakers in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia turn to the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Appalachia as a partner […]
Scaling Up Implementation of Pyramid Model in Preschool and Kindergarten Classrooms
Summary SRI Education is conducting an evaluation of the Pyramid Model (PM). The PM is a three-tiered framework that provides evidence-based guidance to early childhood educators on effective behavior support and instructional practices to promote social-emotional competence and reduce challenging behaviors of children with and without disabilities in preschool and kindergarten classrooms. The 5-year study […]
Developing a K–12 STEM Education Indicator System
For the National Science Foundation, SRI supported the development of 14 indicators measuring students’ access to quality learning, educators’ capacity, and policy and funding initiatives in K–12 STEM education. Policymakers agree that in today’s world, the quality of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education in a country, state, or region has a major impact […]
Community College Partnership’s Instructional Impacts
Center for Innovative Research in Cyberlearning (CIRCL)
Connecting and exploring researchers’ perspectives in digital learning to make significant and lasting improvements to STEM education.
Evaluation of International Baccalaureate’s Bridging the Equity Gap Project
Co-principal investigators Clients and partners
Evaluation of CISE Pathways to Revitalized Undergraduate Computer Education
The CPATH program was intended to transform undergraduate computing education on a national scale to meet current and future national needs.
