Priorities and Shared Aspirations Across the Institute of Education Sciences: Perspectives From IES Commissioners

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This session will highlight current priorities within the Institute of Education Science around its research programs, statistical data collection, and development of evidence-based tools and resources. IES has embarked on an agenda that is transformative to the field both in accelerating learning and in developing new measures and methods for data collection and reporting. This session will include an update on IES priorities across its four centers, shared visions of supporting research and data to build evidence-based policy and practice, and detail how the education research community can be engaged in the work that IES supports.

Session remarks from each of the four IES commissioners will be followed by moderated Q&A.

Sub Unit

• AERA Research and Science Policy Sessions

Chair

• Bridget Terry Long, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Participants

• Elizabeth R. Albro, Institute of Education Sciences

• Peggy G. Carr, National Center for Education Statistics, IES

• Nathan Jones, Institute of Education Sciences

• Matthew E. Soldner, Institute of Education Sciences