EDUCATION
Data-informed insights for better teaching and learning
Our team conducts high-quality research, builds capacity through technical assistance, and develops tech-supported innovations that improve teaching and accelerate and deepen learning. We integrate our expertise in education issues, student populations, and research methods to produce equity-focused and evidence-based insights.
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.
160+ Researchers, technical assistance specialists, and other team members
110+ Projects
$43MAnnual revenue
“In addition to our expertise, we are good partners who spend the time to understand the needs of our clients and build relationships with the teachers and communities we support, so our findings and services are relevant and impactful.”
Shari GolanPresident, SRI Education Division
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Real-world impact
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Podcast: How students can help drive educational innovation
SRI’s Ela Joshi discusses how product developers, researchers, districts, and schools can leverage student voice.
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An SRI collaboration aims to improve online education for college students
The Postsecondary Teaching with Technology Collaborative aims to strengthen teaching and learning, improve student outcomes, and reduce societal gaps.
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Evaluation of the National Center for Teacher Residencies’ Centering Equity Project
SRI is evaluating how the National Center for Teacher Residencies’ Centering Equity project is developing and scaling teacher residencies through a Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant.
SRI Education’s newsletter has research, supporting use of data and evidence and so much more.
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Our experts help education agencies, philanthropic organizations, and commercial clients find evidence-based solutions to pressing educational issues in culturally appropriate, equity-centered, and contextually meaningful ways.
Publications
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Improving Participation in High-Quality Early Care and Education for Young Arkansas Children: Perspectives of Resource Parents and Early Childhood Educators
Abstract High-quality early care and education (ECE) provides a developmentally supportive environment for children in foster care that can help address early adversities, but recent studies have shown low levels of ECE participation among these children (Klein et al., 2016; Lee, 2020). To address this important issue, the Arkansas Office of Early Childhood (OEC) is…
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Mathematics, 3D Printing, and Computational Thinking Through Work-Based Learning (MPACT): An Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Grant Evaluation—Technical Report
This report presents findings from an evaluation of MPACT, which provides teacher professional development, and STEM industry mentoring and project-based learning for grade 4–7 students in geometry, computational thinking and spatial reasoning.
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A New Approach to Supporting the Quality of Early Care and Education Programs in Arkansas: Case Studies of Array
Case studies of early care and education programs participating in Arkansas’s Array initiative describe the benefits of proactively providing entire program staff with social-emotional-focused professional development that is tailored to the program’s needs.