The National Education Research and Development Centers are funded through IES's NCER. The mission of the R&D Centers is to contribute to the production and dissemination of rigorous evidence and products that provide practical solutions to important education problems in the United States. The R&D Centers achieve this mission by developing, testing, and disseminating new approaches to improve teaching and learning, and ultimately, student achievement. Each of the Centers conducts a focused program of education research in its topic area. In addition, each Center works cooperatively with NCER, conducts supplemental research within its broad topic area, and provides national leadership in defining research and development directions within its topic area. Currently, there are 15 National R&D Centers.
Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners (CREATE)
National Center for Postsecondary Research
National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER)
National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented
National Research and Development Center on School Choice
National Research Center on Rural Education Support
Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
The National Center for Research on Rural Education
National Center for Performance Incentives (Policy-NCPI)
National Research & Development Center on Cognition and Science Instruction
Center for Data-Driven Reform in Education
National Research & Development Center on Instructional Technology: Center for Advanced Technology in Schools
National Center on Teacher Effectiveness: Validating Measures of Effective Math Teaching
National Research & Development Center on Instructional Technology: Possible Worlds