Topics within the Research Collaborations Program Partnership Partnership Work Research Partnerships in Education Research New or Existing activities to build or strengthen the partnership to carry out the initial research, to maintain a longer-term collaboration, and to increase the agency’s capacity to take part in and use research Explore a specific problem/issue linked to student education outcomes of high importance to an education agency. Develop a plan for future joint research Evaluation of State and Local Education Programs and Policies New or Existing activities to carry out the proposed evaluation and to increase the agency’s capacity to take part in and use research Causal evaluation of an important agency program or policy intended to improve student education outcomes The Institute’s Education Research Grants program (84.305A) and Special Education Research Grants Program (84.324A) also fund research done by partnerships of research institutions and education agencies (e.g., the evaluation of education or the development and validation of ), and partnerships between different sets of organizations (e.g., research institutions and individual schools or groups of schools). The following pages describe the topic requirements and recommendations for your application. Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research Program Officers: Dr. Allen Ruby (202-245-8145; ) National Center for Education Research Dr. Sarah Brasiel (202-245-6734; ) National Center for Special Education Research Purpose The Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research (Research Partnerships) topic supports partnerships composed of research institutions and state or local education agencies that have identified an education issue or problem of high priority for the education agency that has important implications for improving . These partnerships are to carry out initial research and develop a plan for future research on that education issue. Through this joint research, the education agency’s capacity for taking part in research and using research results is expected to increase. The ultimate goal of the partnerships supported under this topic is to conduct and promote research during and after the grant that has direct implications for improving programs, processes, practices, assessments, or policies that will result in improved student education outcomes. The Research Partnerships topic provides funds to develop new partnerships and to support the expansion of existing partnerships into new areas of research. Partnerships are expected to complete initial research to help understand their education issue and develop a plan for future research. To this end, partnerships may analyze secondary data and/or collect primary data and analyze it. However, given the limit on the size of the grant award, the Institute does not expect large-scale data collection
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