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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Evaluation of the Engage New England Initiative
Through its evaluation of the Engage New England initiative, SRI is helping the Barr Foundation and the broader education community better understand how to design and implement innovative schools for students who are off track to graduate high school.
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Research infrastructure for 21st century STEM education
Do we need to think differently about what comprises infrastructure?
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PBS KIDS’ Molly of Denali teaches children to use informational text
Molly of Denali is a popular new PBS KIDS series focused on informational text
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New research from EDC and SRI International demonstrates positive effects of PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI on children’s learning
Strong evidence that access to critically acclaimed program improves children’s ability to use informational text to solve real-world problems
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SRI Education & Innovation | March 2021
SRI Ed is committed to improving the lives of students and educators through the development of evidence-based innovations.
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National Effectiveness Study of First Step to Success
SRI conducted a large-scale study of the effectiveness of an early intervention program intended to help young children at risk for developing antisocial or aggressive behaviors.
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Efficacy Study of Check & Connect to Improve Student Outcomes
Check & Connect (C&C) is a comprehensive, manualized student engagement intervention developed to promote school success and completion for secondary school students at high risk of school failure and dropout
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Students Exposed to Trauma: A Study of the CBITS Program
SRI researchers are conducting a study of the efficacy of the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) program.
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Preschool Development Grants Birth-5 Technical Assistance (PDG B-5 TA) Center
The PDG B-5 TA Center delivers technical assistance to support states in building, enhancing, and expanding birth through age 5 mixed delivery systems and high-quality early childhood programs and services.
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New Generation of Educators Initiative
This study investigates a multiyear effort to ensure that the California State University teacher preparation programs are producing the teachers California K–12 school districts will need as they complete their transition to CCSS and NGSS standards.
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Technology’s role in the next new normal in education
Creating a more equitable educational system is fundamental to the next new normal.
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Ready to Learn Initiative
The Ready To Learn Initiative is producing and distributing children’s digital media content—videos, games, apps, and hands-on activities—to improve the literacy, math, and science skills of economically disadvantaged children.