America Achieves
For A Common Core Implementation Research Study In Two To Five States
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Amount$275,765
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Program
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Date Awarded10/15/2014
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Term19.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Program
Overview
America Achieves will partner with the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University to conduct a Common Core State Standards (CCSS) implementation research study. Over this 18-month study, CEPR will: 1) survey effective CCSS implementation strategies, including in Deeper Learning schools; 2) identify CCSS strategies associated with student achievement gains; and 3) determine if students in Deeper Learning schools perform better on new CCSS state assessments than those in other schools. This grant will also support expanding the study from two to five states participating in the PARCC and SBAC assessment collaboratives so that we can have a more diverse, comprehensive study. This work would advance the Education Program’s strategic goal of determining empirically if deeper learning instruction promotes better student educational outcomes.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.americaachieves.org
Address
100 West 33rd Street Suite 917-Box 900, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
America Achieves advances fair access to educational and economic opportunity by serving as a scale-oriented program incubator/accelerator — as well as an advisor and convener of key leaders. Since the organization was founded, it has supported projects advancing deeper learning and incubated, scaled, and launched educational policy and systems change initiatives, while advising dozens of top foundations and leaders across sectors. The grant will assist in the spin-off of remaining initiatives, conducting an effective transition, and wind-up for the organization.
for the Results for America project to improve use of evidence in federal budget allocations
Today less than 1 percent of federal spending explicitly considers evidence of impact as a criterion for funding. Launched in 2012, Results for America seeks to create a new norm for allocating public dollars through "investing in what works," helping to drive public resources toward results-oriented solutions.
