Education and learning
For more than 50 years, SRI Education has been a leader in helping strategic partners find out what works, for whom, how, and why. We collaborate with federal, state, foundation, nonprofit, and commercial partners to improve teaching, education policies, and student learning.
Our goal: to reduce barriers and optimize outcomes for students of all ages; abilities; and racial, cultural, linguistic, and geographic backgrounds.
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Enhancement of a K-3 Formative Assessment
SRI worked with two research partners and a 10-state consortium to enhance and implement a developmentally appropriate K–3 formative assessment to fit within and inform everyday classroom instruction.
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Alternate Assessment Design – Math and Reading
SRI worked with two state consortia to design items for alternate assessments. This work advanced how the learning of students with significant cognitive disabilities is assessed.
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Making learning relevant: infusing real-world experiences into the classroom for lasting college, career and life success
SRI International’s nine-year evaluation of the initiative unlocked promising evidence on improved student outcomes, including increased credit accumulation and graduation rates.
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Early education that leads to school readiness: proven lessons for creating a strong start with high-quality preschool environments
Preschool is the building block to lasting education success, but high-need communities often lack high-quality preschool experiences that promote school readiness.
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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.
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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.
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Evaluation of the CAPP Demonstration Partnerships
SRI’s evaluation addressed implementation and institutional outcomes of work by 11 high schools and a partnering local college as they worked to establish seamless transitions for students and strengthen instructional quality as required by the Common Core.
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Next Generation Science Assessment
A multi-institutional collaborative developed classroom-ready assessment tasks for teachers to gain insights into their students’ proficiency with the Next Generation Science Standards.
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SRI Education News | March 2019
This month, we highlight SRI Education’s participation in current conferences
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Policy & Program Studies: Kindergarten Entry Assessment Case Studies
SRI conducted and prepared, Case Studies of the Early Implementation of Kindergarten Entry Assessments, to document the processes, accomplishments, challenges, and solutions of the four states and to share what they have learned with federal and state policymakers
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SRI Education News | September 2018
SRI Education kicks off fall with an ambitious new approach to improving equity in STEM!
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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.