Grants & Awards

Project Summary The primary objective of Project Write: Examining English Learners’ Writing Proficiency is to examine the English writing development of English learners (ELs) and identify the writing skills that discriminate between typically developing ELs and those who are at risk for writing difficulties.
Read Aloud is a Goal 3 Efficacy and Replication study designed to investigate the impact of a Tier 1 (whole group) Read Aloud curriculum and a Tier 2 (small group) booster intervention on the reading achievement of first grade students.
Through a series of IES Research Grants, researchers created the MOCCA, an online diagnostic reading comprehension assessment for students in grades three to three and for college students who struggle reading.
Systematic and Explicit Teaching Routines (SETR) is a Goal 3 Efficacy and Replication study designed to test the impact of systematic and explicit instructional teaching routines for increasing the early literacy achievement of Spanish-speaking English language learners in transitional bilingual education programs.
The purpose of the Center on Improving Literacy through Supporting Elementary School Leaders (CISEL) is to, provide technical assistance for school leaders on instructional content and leadership skills to improve teacher implementation of evidence-based literacy practices and literacy skills of students with, or at risk for, literacy-related disab
The purpose of this grant is to iteratively develop and pilot test an intensive Tier 3 reading intervention for use with students in kindergarten through second grade (K–2) in the early stages of reading development.
For the K-3 Reading Initiative, The Center on Teaching and Learning (CTL), with assistance from RMC Research, will provide whole group, small group, and job-embedded PD to the US Virgin Islands that is grounded in the essential components of reading instruction.
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the validity of 8th Edition of Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS 8) as a screener for dyslexia. As of 2020, 47 states require that students be screened for dyslexia in early elementary school, and state education agencies recognize DIBELS for this purpose more than any other test.
English Learners (ELs) in secondary schools face two types of challenges: barriers to accessing rigorous courses and a scarcity of quality learning opportunities in school that prepare them for life, careers, and civic participation.
The purpose of this project is to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of English learner (EL) reclassification studies. Reclassification refers to the determination that an EL student is English proficient and is ready to exit EL classification.