The Evidence Quality and Reach (EQR) Hub offers learning events, services, and resources through December 2024 related to research methods and knowledge translation to current and aspiring DRK-12 grantees. The Hub develops and implements virtual webinars and workshops, convenes communities of practice, and engages in individualized consultations with DRK-12 projects.
This infographic by EQR Hub describes what DRK-12 grantees believe has contributed to their NSF grant funding success. The data are from a DRK-12 awardee survey administered by CADRE in fall 2023 and have been used to inform EQR Hub events.
Resources
Community of Practice: Propensity Score Analysis and Estimation | August - September 2024
The EQR Hub is offered a virtual community of practice to build current and aspiring DRK-12 grantees understanding of when and how to use propensity score analysis (PSA). As part of the experience, experts in PSA shared approaches and resources to help participants evaluating educational interventions when students are not randomized to an intervention. Participants learned how to use PSA to create comparable comparison groups in order to understand the impact of an intervention. Participants also practiced applying what they learned using a synthetic data set or their own data set between sessions.
- CoP Resources:
STEM Ecosystems | October 5, 2023
Community of Practice: Designing Communication and Engagement Plans | July/August 2022
- CoP Resources:
How to Create a High-Quality Engagement Plan to Disseminate STEM Research and Innovations | June 9, 2022
Research methods webinars hosted by AIR and funded by a prior NSF grant:
- An Introduction to Systematic Literature Reviews | September 3, 2020
- An Introduction to Meta-Analytic Techniques | September 28, 2020
- Social Network Analysis - An Introduction | March 26, 2020
- Applying Social Network Analysis to STEM Education Research | April 20, 2020
- Measuring Program Implementation | October 1, 2019
- Developing a Program Implementation Measurement Framework | October 10, 2019
- Evidence Standards for Evaluating Math and Science Programs | March 20, 2019
- Webinar Recording | Resources: ESSA Decision Tree flowchart.pdf, Links to Resources.pdf, Evidence Requirements Handout.pdf, ESSA Evidence Tier Criteria Handout.pdf, Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development_0.pdf, Educator Practice Guide- Improving Math Problem Solving.pdf, WWC Intervention Report- Chemistry That Applies.pdf, WWC Reporting Guide for Study Authors.pdf
The American Institutes for Research was awarded the Evidence Quality and Reach Hub by the National Science Foundation Discovery Research PreK–12 program in July 2021. To learn more, visit the EQR Hub project page.