12/09/2024
Do you remember madlibs? You may not have realized that they were missing from your life. Don’t worry. We’re bringing back this little bit of history for your enjoyment as our holiday gift to you.
Here’s the madlib for you to create your own version of who Empirical Education is.
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Here’s the original version of who Empirical Education is, for comparison.
At Empirical Education Inc., our mission is to promote effective and equitable education by providing research services and context-relevant evaluations of programs, products, and policies that empower educators and bring about impactful solutions.
We bring research, data analysis, engineering, and project management expertise to a diverse range of customers including edtech companies and their investors, the U.S. Department of Education, foundations, leading research organizations, and state and local education agencies. Over the last twenty years, we have worked with school systems to conduct dozens of rigorous experiments. Over the last decade, we've been offering services to edtech companies for fast turn-around and low-cost impact studies of their products.
Happy Holidays,
The Empirical Education team
10/28/2024
Attended in Portland! Great sessions, including a think tank with breakout groups: 'Expanding the Evaluator’s Toolkit by Prioritizing & Integrating Diverse Perspectives' led by Laura Peck & Jori Hall. Insightful discussions on culturally responsive evaluation!
10/15/2024
What does it take to transform digital learning? Meet the latest researchers joining SEERNet's network, who are on a mission to enhance student outcomes through . Read our latest blog post to learn more about their important work.
These researchers, invited to join SEERNet for their dedication to harnessing data-driven insights and innovative research methods, are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in . Join us in celebrating their passion and commitment.
https://bit.ly/3ZUqI2P
➡️ Institute of Educational Sciences
09/25/2024
Exciting news! 🎉 IES is investing over $3.5M to support four new research teams joining the Digital Learning Platforms to Enable Efficient Education Research Network (SEERNet)! These teams will leverage digital learning platforms like ASU’s Learning @ Scale, E-TRIALS / ASSISTments, Terracotta / Canvas, and Kinetic / OpenStax to conduct groundbreaking research on education, retention, and learning interventions.
From exploring the impact of online vs. on-campus programs to improving math practice design and tackling academic procrastination, these projects aim to enhance learning outcomes for students everywhere.
Learn more about these innovative studies and the teams behind them!
Search Funded Research Grants - Program Details
The Digital Learning Platforms to Enable Efficient Education Research Network, now known as SEERNet, is designed to facilitate the education research field's ability to leverage existing, widely used digital learning platforms (DLPs) for rigorous education research and replication. In particular, th...
09/16/2024
We had an amazing time at the AERA 2024 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia! The conference theme, "Dismantling Racial Injustice and Constructing Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action," truly resonated with our mission. We presented our latest findings on the CREATE study, connected with our partners, and attended impactful sessions on intersectionality, QuantCrit, SEL, and more. We left feeling inspired and ready to apply these insights to our ongoing research. Excited for what’s next and already looking forward to AERA 2025!
Read our blog here!
https://www.empiricaleducation.com/blog/aera2024/
07/23/2024
We're onsite today with Connect With Kids for teacher training on the How Are The Children project at Rock Island Milan School District.
03/25/2024
We love helping to show which programs are working.
This year, is celebrating 30 years of the program.
We begin by sharing the findings of a recent study conducted by , connecting ASIM implementation to improved student achievement on the Science test.
https://bit.ly/ASIM
02/06/2024
We’re hiring!
Do you want to work for an organization trying to make social change?
https://www.empiricaleducation.com/careers/
11/22/2023
We want to motivate new thinking about causal validity.
Empirical Education Inc. - Revisiting The Relationship Between Internal and External Validity
Revisiting The Relationship Between Internal and External Validity The relationship between internal and external validity has been debated over the last few decades. At the core of the debate is the question of whether causal validity comes before generalizability. To oversimplify this a bit, it is...
05/02/2023
Great article by in about the importance of obtaining evidence of who edtech products work best for under what conditions.
How can teachers judge the efficacy of edtech? https://t.co/m2u0pBnKwD
Empirical Education on Twitter
“Great article by in about the importance of obtaining evidence of who edtech products work best for under what conditions. How can teachers judge the efficacy of edtech? https://t.co/m2u0pBnKwD”
05/01/2023
We published a guide on how to choose an independent evaluator for an EIR grant proposal.
https://t.co/DiXHtPUc4S
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“We published a guide on how to choose an independent evaluator for an EIR grant proposal. https://t.co/DiXHtPUc4S ”