School and district reform
SRI Education partners with key stakeholders to create meaningful and sustainable changes in the education system. Our work includes rigorous mixed-methods studies of the implementation and impacts of school district reform efforts; charter school replication and expansion; and federal programs designed to serve special populations of students.
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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.
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Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) — Appalachia
REL Appalachia partners with educators and leaders to engage in change-oriented research and provides support for regional decisions about education policies, programs and practices.
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Evaluation of International Baccalaureate’s Bridging the Equity Gap Project
SRI studied the implementation and outcomes of a new consulting model designed to increase the participation and success of students with low incomes in IB’s Diploma Programme.
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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.
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Evaluation of the Florida Master Teacher Initiative
SRI examined the initiative’s impact on improving academic outcomes for more than 10,000 high-need children.
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iSTEM: Impacts of Inclusive STEM High Schools on Student Outcomes
SRI Education leads a first-of-its-kind longitudinal study on the schools’ effectiveness in Texas, North Carolina and Ohio.
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Evaluation of Rocketship Students’ Middle School Outcomes
SRI examined middle school outcomes of Rocketship alumni and their peers who attended non-Rocketship elementary schools.
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College, Career, and Community Writers Program Evaluation
The National Writing Project’s (NWP) College, Career, and Community Writers Program (C3WP) is designed to improve students’ argument writing through intensive teacher professional development, instructional resources, and formative assessment.
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Evaluation of the Midwest Expansion of the Child-Parent Center Education Program
Funded by an Investing in Innovation (i3) validation grant from the U.S. Department of Education, SRI conducted an independent evaluation of the Midwest Expansion of the Child-Parent Center (CPC) Program using a quasi-experimental design.