Research and Evaluation

Evaluation of SADD Mobilization Efforts

EDC and SSRE are working with SADD to develop and test a youth-informed and youth-delivered social marketing campaign, as well as other program components, aimed at reducing underage drinking among high school students. Our work includes formative research with youth, parents, and school-community members needed to guide program and measurement development as well as an initial pilot test of the SADD campaign and related program efforts.

Enhancing Informal Explorations of Living Phenomena Through Digital Images

CSE is developing activity materials for informal science educators who work with middle school youth in extended investigations of living phenomena. This three-year project involves both the development of activities and controlled applied research, studying the role of different modes of visual representations, as well as the impact of the units themselves on the preparation for future learning and attitudes of participating youth. CSE is collaborating on this project with PERG, Boston Nature Center, and University of New Hampshire 4-H.

Cognitive Processing Therapy for Veterans with PTSD

EDC is working with the VA National Center for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), Women’s Health Sciences Division to develop print, video, and online training materials to support the national implementation of Cognitive Processing Therapy within the Veteran’s Health Administration.

Study Shows Interactive TV Builds Literacy Skills among Low-Income Kids

In this 2-minute video, a study conducted by EDC and SRI International on preschoolers and public TV is explained by a member of the research team.

EDC Study Finds Educational TV and Games Boost Preschoolers’ Literacy Skills

Research by EDC and SRI International finds that the literacy skills of preschoolers increased when classrooms incorporated public TV programs, video, and games. The study was funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Preschool Literacy

EDC and SRI International have released a study of educational programming and activities from the PBS Ready to Learn initiative. The study found preschoolers’ literacy skills increased when classrooms incorporated video and games.

Study Finds Preschool Use of Educational Video and Games Prepares Low-Income Children for Kindergarten

Low-income children were better prepared for success in kindergarten when their preschool teachers incorporated educational video and games from public media, according to a new study conducted by Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) and SRI International.

EDC Awarded Grant to Support Early Childhood Education Programs

EDC has been awarded $10.8 million by the National Office of Head Start to establish early childhood education centers and offer training, support, and assistance to Head Start and Early Head Start programs in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

EDC Awarded $2.2 Million to Evaluate Writing Curriculum

EDC has been awarded $2.2 million by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences to evaluate the effectiveness of a writing curriculum for grades 3 through 12 called The Writers’ Express.

Radio Instruction Gets Good Reception

New study shows that radio is successfully reaching children in remote corners of the world.