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SERVE Center Powering educational systems by translating and disseminating the best research, information and knowledge Overview Overview Mission & Vision Mission & Vision SERVE Centers Current Work Regional


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SERVE Center

Powering educational systems by translating and disseminating the best research, information and knowledge

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Overview Overview

  • Mission & Vision

Mission & Vision

  • SERVE Center’s Current Work

R i l Ed ti l L b t – Regional Educational Laboratory – National Center for Homeless Education – Evaluation – Research

  • Funding

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SERVE Center SERVE Center

O i i i t f t d Our mission is to foster empowered, information-rich educational systems by finding and translating the best current finding and translating the best current knowledge, generating new knowledge, and partnering with stakeholders to identify and p g y apply best evidence to practice.

Powering educational systems by translating and disseminating the best research, information and knowledge

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Regional Regional Educational Laboratory Laboratory National Center for Homeless Education

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Current Year Funding Sources $10 853 000 $10,853,000

7 8 REL 4 5 6 REL Homeless HS Reform 1 2 3 Evaluation Tech Asst In Millions

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Regional Educational Laboratory f h S h (REL SE) for the Southeast (REL-SE)

F t t 1991 P t

  • Four contracts – 1991 - Present
  • Over $125 million
  • Task 1

– EBE Request Desk – Issues & Answers – Bridge Events – Building Capacity

  • Task 2 – Randomized Control Trials

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Evidence Based Education R D k Request Desk

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Issues & Answers

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Technical Assistance & Bridge Events

  • 246 Events

246 Events

– Featured researchers REL representatives – REL representatives

  • 10, 923 Participants

– Practitioners – Administrators – Policymakers

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Randomized Control Trials Randomized Control Trials

  • K-PAVE

K-PAVE

– The effectiveness of a program to accelerate vocabulary development in kindergarten vocabulary development in kindergarten – 35 schools in the Mississippi Delta region

  • AMSTI
  • AMSTI

– The Effectiveness of the Alabama Math, Science and Technology Initiative Science and Technology Initiative – Evaluation of a state initiative

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National Center for Homeless Education

The National Center for Homeless Education

  • The National Center for Homeless Education

(NCHE) provides research, resources, and information enabling communities to address the educational needs of children experiencing educational needs of children experiencing homelessness.

  • Funded by the U.S. Department of Education;

t t f 5 ti ti d d S t b contract for 5-year continuation awarded September 2009

  • Provides information, training, and technical

i d h l di i h assistance to states and school districts across the nation

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National Center for H l Ed i Homeless Education

  • Each year

Each year

– Distribute 80,000 awareness posters Provides training and webinars to 9 000 – Provides training and webinars to 9,000 educators, administrators, and service providers providers – Responds to 3,600 Helpline calls – Hosts 180 000 visitors to its website Hosts 180,000 visitors to its website

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North Carolina Homeless Ed i P (NCHEP) Education Program (NCHEP)

SERVE contracts with the North Carolina SERVE contracts with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to operate the state homeless education program

  • State coordinator for homeless education housed

at SERVE

  • Oversees the implementation of the McKinney
  • Oversees the implementation of the McKinney-

Vento Act in all NC LEAs

  • Conducts subgrant process to award funds to

Conducts subgrant process to award funds to school districts

  • Provides training and technical assistance to LEAs

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North Carolina Evaluations North Carolina Evaluations

Mi i P ibl

  • Mission Possible
  • GEAR UP
  • Magnet Schools

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Other Evaluations Other Evaluations

  • Early Childhood

Early Childhood

  • Teaching American History

C & T h i l Ed ti

  • Career & Technical Education
  • Dropout Prevention Initiatives

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Research on High School Reform Research on High School Reform

  • SERVE is leading two studies looking at the Early

g g y College High School (ECHS)Model

  • Study 1: Impact of ECHS in North Carolina

– $2 87 million competitive grant from IES – $2.87 million competitive grant from IES – Large scale RCT involving 5000+ students and over 20 schools in North Carolina First and only experimental study of ECHS in the U S – First and only experimental study of ECHS in the U.S.

  • Study 2: Why students leave ECHS

– $250k funded by Jobs for the Future with grant from G t F d ti Gates Foundation – Mixed methods

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Research on High School Reform Research on High School Reform

  • SERVE is co-leading another study looking at

SERVE is co leading another study looking at mathematics and science course-taking in NC

  • Funded by NSF; SERVE funding is $170k

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  • Using quasi-experimental methods to examine

impact of high school reform on students’ p g enrollment and progression in college prep. math and science

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Funding Sources Funding Sources

SERVE seeks funding from multiple SERVE seeks funding from multiple sources including federal, state and local education agencies foundations education agencies, foundations, corporations, universities and other entities to conduct our work both regionally entities to conduct our work both regionally and nationally.

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Derivation of Funding Sources Si I ti i 1990 Since Inception in 1990

State Departments

  • f Education

SERVE Center – Over $200 million

in contracts and

US Department of Education, Other Federal Agencies or Third Party l h h

Foundations Corporations Universities

in contracts and grants

Flow‐Throughs

l Local Education Agencies

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Distribution of Funding Since Inception (O $200 Milli ) (Over $200 Million)

1% 5% 4% 1% Federal State Local 90% Local Foundation

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Funding Sources Funding Sources

  • 13 major awards

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– 4 Regional Educational Laboratory for the Southeast = over $125 million 4 National Center for Homeless Education = over – 4 National Center for Homeless Education = over $8 million – 3 Eisenhower Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education = over $18 5 million Science Education = over $18.5 million – 2 Regional Technology in Education Consortium = $14.3 million – Technology Grant in Migrant Communities = $3.2 million

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www SERVE org www.SERVE.org

Ludy van Broekhuizen, Executive Director| 5900 Summit Avenue #201| Browns Summit, NC | 336.315.7402 ludy@serve.org

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