Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF)

On this episode of the podcast “No One Is Coming to Save Us,” Executive Director of AERDF’s Reading Reimagined, Rebecca Kockler, speaks alongside Jamila Newman of TNTP on how we might close the nation’s literacy gap and address the urgent illiteracy crisis among PreK-8 students.  As Rebecca says, 70% of kids in the U.S. cannot read on grade level. We can and must do better as a country at serving our kids in meaningful ways in reading. Listen to the episode here: https://shorturl.at/MDNJa Learn more about Reading Reimagined and our commitment to unlocking the great reader in every student by subscribing to our emails: https://shorturl.at/1elOw

What if education research started by asking: What works, for whom, and under what conditions? In our latest episode, Alex Sarlin chats with Auditi Chakravarty, CEO of the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF). Auditi shares how AERDF brings inclusive, evidence-based research to life by centering Black, Latino, and low-income learners in every step of the process. We cover: 🚀 How AERDF’s programs—EF+Math, Reading Reimagined, and Assessment for Good—are driving real impact 📚 Why co-designing with educators and students builds better tools that get used and deliver results 🛠️ The importance of breaking down silos between research, practice, and product development 🤝 How to create funding ecosystems that foster innovation and risk-taking 🤖 Why AI can accelerate equity in education when aligned with evidence 🎙️ Listen to the episode here and as always let us know what you think: https://lnkd.in/gnNVy9Mj Stay updated with the latest EdTech news and innovations! Follow Edtech Insiders on 👇 Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/gH_ThnJj Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eVBaGRVZ Amazon Music: https://lnkd.in/gagwAxfX Substack: https://lnkd.in/g2Hs5QGe And here on LinkedIn! #EdTech #AIinEducation #FutureOfEducation

We are excited to highlight a set of storybooks for upper elementary students produced by Our Mathematical World, a research and development (R&D) team proudly supported by EF+Math, Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF)’s inaugural program. Designed to support mathematical problem-solving skills, executive functions, math vocabulary, and math identity, the storybooks launch this week! The storybooks feature characters and storylines that were co-designed with students to reflect their diverse experiences and emphasize math problems in their communities. That way, readers can see themselves as proficient mathematicians, just like the characters in the stories! The books are available in English and Spanish. This book series comes from years of collaboration, iteration, and development, led by Caroline Hornburg and David Purpura and are backed by research. AERDF enables and accelerates R&D initiatives where learners, educators, researchers, and developers collaborate on promising teaching and learning breakthroughs in PreK-12 education. The Our Mathematical World storybooks are one innovation resulting from this team’s approach to Inclusive R&D. Order yours at https://lnkd.in/emwZvt2x and meet friends Pilar, Uriah, Lamar, Simone, and Eduardo as they work together to solve math problems in their community! To learn more about how the books were developed and meet the team, head to their website  https://lnkd.in/e-p8xa9c Tamika McElveen Amanda Mayes

According to the NAEP data, 64% of 12th-grade students graduate without achieving proficiency in reading (NCES, 2019). Is it too late to intervene and support these older struggling readers? We don't think so. ANet is embarking on an exciting partnership with Reading Reimagined, supported by the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF) and Stanford University, to identify and teach these students the foundational skills needed to up-level their reading. Learn more at https://hubs.ly/Q02SS26j0

Hosted by EdSurge and ETS Research Institute, "Unleashing the Untapped Potential of Assessment to Power Progress" brings together an esteemed panel of experts to discuss innovative approaches to assessment that can help build connections between success in education and the skills most valued by employers. Join us tomorrow October 10 at 3 pm ET to hear from Temple Lovelace, executive director of Assessment for Good, a program of Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF), alongside Patrick Kyllonen, ETS Distinguished Presidential Appointee and lead author of Charting the Future of Assessments, Candace Thille of Stanford University, Eugene So of Jobs for the Future (JFF), with Matthew X. Joseph Ed.D. as moderator. https://lnkd.in/eKABhzpT

Will you be at #edtechweek? Join our CEO, Auditi Chakravarty, tomorrow October 9 at 10 am for “Commercializing EdTech R&D: Moving Evidence from the Lab to the Market.” Stop by Conference Room E on the third floor of Civic Hall to hear about Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF)'s approach to mobilizing federal, philanthropic, and private capital to power the future of education through advanced research and development. https://lnkd.in/gMVqyvax

Reading Reimagined is one of three Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF) research and development programs. The team is focused on ending illiteracy and increasing reading fluency and comprehension for all students. Their research is shedding light on a hidden hurdle preventing many students from becoming great readers, the decoding threshold. Only recently have these decoding challenges been recognized as an enormous unmet learning need that blocks large numbers of older readers from comprehending grade-level text, which is essential for learning. Reading Reimagined partners with researchers and educators to develop both assessment and instructional solutions that will allow teachers to support their older students to cross the decoding threshold so they can focus on comprehending what they read. Ready to learn more and get involved? Get updates and learn more about partnership opportunities with Reading Reimagined: https://lnkd.in/ebcQzYev

On October 10, EdSurge will host "Unleashing the Untapped Potential of Assessment to Power Human Progress," featuring a dynamic panel discussing how assessments can better support both learners and employers. Patrick Kyllonen, ETS Distinguished Presidential Appointee and lead author of Charting the Future of Assessments, will be joined by Candace Thille (Stanford University), Eugene So (Jobs for the Future (JFF), and Temple Lovelace (Assessment for Good & Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF), with Dr. Matthew X. Joseph Ed.D. as moderator. 📅 October 10, 2024 ⏰ 12:00 PM PT / 3:00 PM ET Join the conversation and register 👉 bit.ly/47V62tw #EdSurgeWebinar #FutureofAssessment #EdTech #LifelongLearning #ETSResearch #Impact

Since our inception, Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF) has prioritized evidence-based innovations that power a more equitable education system for all learners. We have enabled Advanced Inclusive R&D initiatives where learners, educators, researchers, and developers collaborate on promising teaching and learning breakthroughs in PreK-12 education. Our CEO, Auditi Chakravarty, will share our approach to mobilizing the power of federal, philanthropic, and private capital to boost the impact of advanced research and development at #edtechweek. Join Auditi, Henry Hipps of Diffusion Venture Studio, Mark Angel of Amira Learning, Erin Higgins of Institute of Education Sciences, and Matt Greenfield of Rethink Education on Wednesday, October 9 for “Commercializing EdTech R&D: Moving Evidence from the Lab to the Market.” We hope to see you at 10 am in Civic Hall, 3rd Floor Conference E! #etw2024 #edtech

Every student is a powerful learner capable of success in math. And, every student brings core innate assets into the classroom: cultural wealth, lived experience, and executive function skills. EF+Math, Advanced Education Research and Development Fund (AERDF)’s inaugural R&D program, shares what its teams have learned in their over several years of research and development to improve math learning outcomes for Black and Latino students and all students experiencing poverty. “By developing executive function skills in a math context, students are building their overall cognitive capacity for math learning and problem-solving. This new understanding helps us progress as a society towards the day when all students are mathematically equipped to solve the world’s most challenging problems,” explains Matthew Feldmann, Vice President of Product at MIND Education and member of EF+Math’s MathicSTEAM R&D Project Team. Teams are working to co-create math learning experiences that allow students to bring their assets into the math classroom, so their brilliance is celebrated throughout their learning process. “Executive function is… being cognizant about how you’re thinking about problems… We want all of our students to be good problem solvers… That means to go against one of the narratives in math education, which is to go fast. The CueThinkEF+ platform, instead, says ‘you're presented with this word problem, let’s break this into four steps–let’s explore, plan, and then solve,’” explains Dr. Aris Winger, associate professor of mathematics Georgia Gwinnett College and member of EF+Math’s CueThinkEF+ and Pennesota R&D Project Team. At the heart of Advanced Inclusive R&D is creating and implementing an inclusive, equity-centered approach that blends the expertise and talents of students, educators, researchers, and developers to tackle education’s most pressing challenges. “The curriculum and program we have now has undergone changes from the very beginning. We go through iterative cycles of design and implementation, find impact, and engage teachers and students to refine the program. And we now have a program that is 16 activities long,” highlights Lourdes M. Acevedo-Farag, Ph.D student at the School of Education of UC Irvine and member of EF+Math’s Fraction Ball R&D Project Team. Watch the video https://lnkd.in/eJRnxytX to hear directly from the teams, and catch EF+Math in Chicago this week at #NCTM24 to hear about the promising progress they’re making in math education!