Projects

From independent, classroom-based research studies to large-scale international evaluations spanning multiple countries, CCT's research projects cover a wide spectrum of settings, scales, and scopes of work. This section highlights our current research, which typically includes some 20 multi-year projects, each at various phases of development.

Current Projects

Arts Data Lit CoDesign
CS4All Evaluation
CT Framework Validation
Engaging Autistic STEM Undergraduates in Creating Supportive Learning Environments
HKMaker Follow-Up
IDEAS Maker Mentors
ITEST Birdshots
La Fuerza–STEM: Building on Latinx Families' Strengths to Model and Promote Informal Science Learning Through a Culturally Responsive Telenovela Series
MFA Expansion
NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3): Creating Inclusive Informal Learning Opportunities Across the Spectrum
NeuroVivid
NGPM DCA
Ready To Learn 2020–2025
Scaling Learning through Play with Technology
UDL Museum Guide

Archived Projects

21st Century Indicators Project
A Study Tour of New York City Teachers and Technology
AASA Leadership Initiative Case Studies
Academy for Software Engineering
Access by Design
Access Excellence Evaluation
Accidental Scientist Evaluation
Advance Passaic (Avanza Passaic): Program Evaluation
Advancing Biology Education for Online Professional Development: A New York State Research Study
Adventures in Supercomputing
After School Technology Program
AHA! Island: Digital Media and Parent/Child Engagement Resources to Increase Preschool Computational Thinking
AHA! Island: Integrating Computational Thinking into Mathematics Instruction in Rural and Urban Preschools
Alternative Pathways to Visualization
America Connects Consortium Research Initiative
America Reads: A Website for Literacy Tutors
American History and Civics Initiative: Research on Digital Games and History Learning
American Memory Fellows Program
American Museum of Natural History Online Supplementary Curriculum
American Museum of Natural History: Pilot Test of the National Student Biodiversity Inventory
American Social History Project Evaluation
An Adventure of the American Mind: Program Evaluation
An Evaluation of TeachNet: A Proposal to Teachers Network
AOL Interactive Education Initiative Evaluation
Apprenticeships in Cyberspace: Professional Development Model for the Emergent Technologies of 3D Modeling
ARISE—Advancing Research and Innovation in the STEM Education of Preservice Teachers
Artists and Teachers Partnership for Excellence Multiple Intelligences Evaluation Project
Arts and Education - Northern Illinois University
Arts for Learning
Assessments of 21st Century Skills: The Current Landscape
Bank Street College Autism Program Evaluation
Be a Scientist!
Big Math for Little Kids
Biodiversity Counts Pilot
Boys and Girls Clubs of America Project Connect Program Evaluation
Breakthrough (ANOMIE) Evaluation
Bringing Science Home with PEEP
Brooklyn Expedition: Website Evaluation
Brooklyn Historical Society Students and Faculty in the Archives
Brooklyn Project
Brownfield Action Project Evaluation
Building Assessment Capacity Project
Building CT Readiness: A framework for integrating Computational Thinking across subjects in high-poverty elementary schools
Building the Foundation for Noyce Master Teaching Fellowships in Mathematics
By Design!
Camden Middle School Project Evaluation
Campus of Learners (Union City)
CARETECH: Computer Technology and Reform at Brooklyn Technical High School
Carnegie Hall Music Education Research
Carnegie Hall/Weill Music Institute Evaluation
Center for Arts Education Career Development Program
Center for Arts Education Student Impact
Center for Talented Youth/Goldman Sachs Scholars E-Mentoring Program
Center for Technology in Education
Cha-Ching
Chicago Digital School Portfolio
Children of Alcoholics Foundation Design Project
Children’s Aid Society 21st-Century Community Learning Centers Evaluation
Children’s Aid Society Community Technology Centers in East and Central Harlem
Ciber@prendiz Evaluation
Cisco 21S Initiative Evaluation
Cisco Codifying Innovative 21st Century Education Systems: New York City iSchool and Jefferson Parish.
Cisco Education 3.0 Leading Indicators
City Technology Curriculum Guidelines
City Technology: Learning from Everyday Stuff
ClassLink Evaluation
Collaboration for Equity
Collaborative Research and Learning Technologies: The Portals Project
Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL)
Community School District 4 and 5 (New York City)
Computational Literacy: A Study of the Efficacy of Computational Science in High School Biology and Earth and Space Science Classrooms
Computer-guided Comprehensive Mathematics Assessment for Young Children
Computers for Youth Evaluation Study
Connecting With the Arts: A Video and Web Teaching Resource
Consortium for Technology in the Preparation of Teachers
Constructing and Critiquing Arguments in Middle-School Science Classrooms
Contextual Analysis of the Science Learning Network
Cooper Union STEM Saturdays Evaluation
CREATE Evaluation
CreateEd Knowledge Brokers
Creating a School Portfolio Model
Creating an Evaluation Framework for Data-Driven Instructional Decision-Making
Creating an Instructional Framework for Museum-based Learning
Crime Scene IT Project Evaluation
Curiosity Machine Evaluation
Cyberchase Fractions Quest
Cyberchase Mobile 2
Cyberchase: Mobile Adventures in STEM
Design IT Studio Evaluation
Designing for Diversity: Investigating Electronic Games as Pathways for Girls into Information Technology Professions
Designing for Equity: The Imagine Project
Designing for Productive Struggle
Developing an E-Rate Research Protocol
Developing an E-Rate Research Protocol 2:Evaluating the Impact of Educational Technology
Development of Automated Data Collection and Analysis Tools for Educational Networks
Development of Evaluation Instruments for a Youth Video Production Program
Digital Badges Research
Digital Docents Evaluation: Engaging Museum and Library Visitors through Interactive Videoconferencing
Digital Games as Analogical Sources for Science Learning
Digital Games—portfolio
dot-EDU Leader: KidSmart Latin American Virtual Community Pilot
dot-EDU Peru Professional Development Program
Dream, Save, Do
Early Elementary CT
Early Learning Program Multimedia Guide: IBM Kidsmart I
Early Learning Program Multimedia Guide: IBM Kidsmart II
Education Sector Enhancement in Barbados
Educational Partnerships Program: The Interactive Learning Environment
Educational Programs of the New York Times
Educational Technology Grantees Meeting: The Wingspread Conference
Electronic Primary Sources in School: Working with Library of Congress Materials
eMINTS Program Evaluation
Empire State Partnerships Project: Formative Research on K12 Arts Programs
ENACT Classroom Instruction Project Formative Evaluation
Engaging Preschoolers in Data Collection and Analysis to Promote Computational Thinking
Equity—portfolio
Evaluating the Impact of Educational Technology: Improving Communication with Policymakers
Evaluation of Live @ the Exploratorium: Origins Evaluation
Evaluation of the Eastern Alliance in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Examining the Impact of the ISS EarthKAM Project
Exploring the American Past Project Evaluation
Finding Our Way Around
Finland US Network (FUN)
First Class Network
FIRST Robotics Evaluation in New York City
Footprints: An Evaluation Tool for Telecommunications-based Projects
Formative and Audience Research on the Living Room Candidate
Fresh Water Distance Learning Project Evaluation
Gateway to Higher Education Program Evaluation
Girl Talk Project Evaluation
Global Kids: Playing 4 Keeps Evaluation
Google Code Next Evaluation
Green Fab Evaluation
Handheld Diagnostics: Enhancing and Scaling Rigorous Observational Reading Assessments Through Handheld Computing
Harvard WIDE Evaluation
HEDS-UP
Hidden Sparks Evaluation
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities Project
History for All: Improving U.S. History Knowledge for Teachers of Special Education and Mainstream Students
History Matters: Bringing U.S. History to Diverse Learners
Hk Maker Evaluation
Human Rights Watch Film Festival Curriculum Project
IBM E-Mentoring II: MentorPlace
IBM Multidistrict Benchmarking
IBM National Education Summits
IBM’s Reinventing Education Evaluation (Phases I-III)
ICED: I Can End Deportation Game Evaluation
iCivics and Our Courts: Video Game Instructional Design
IDEAS 2: Developing Abilities and Knowledge for Careers in Design and Engineering for Students on the Autism Spectrum by Scaling Up Making Experiences
IDEAS: Inventing, Designing, and Engineering on the Autism Spectrum
Identifying Effective Models for Integrating Computational Thinking into NYC Elementary Schools
iDesign: Developing Technological Fluency Through Culturally Relevant Game Design
Illinois State Board of Education Inquiry Initiative
Illinois State Board of Education Online Curriculum Evaluation Year One and Year Two
Imagination Place!
In Search of Shakespeare Formative Evaluation Study
Inquiry Initiative
Inspiring STEM Educators
Integrating Science with Mathematics and Engineering: Linking Home and School Learning for All Young Learners
Integrating Technology in Chicago's Elementary Schools
Intel Innovative Technology Use Case Studies: Technology-Rich Classrooms in Argentina, Russia, and Korea
Intel New Mexico
Intel® Web Site Evaluation
Intel® Computer Clubhouse Evaluation
Intel® Teach Essentials Course: Program Evaluations
Intel® Teach: International Evaluation Administration
Intel® Teach: Thinking with Technology Workshops Evaluation
Intrinsic Motivation Evaluation
Intrinsic Motivation in Science Museums: Learning from and Broadening the Participation of Visitors with Learning Disabilities
Investigating Digital Badges as Alternative Credentials to Broaden STEM Participation Among Underrepresented Youth
Investigating the Validity and Fluency Threshold of the Decoding Proficiency Assessment Tool
JASON Multimedia Science Curriculum Multi-Year Evaluation
JASON Star Schools Project Administration
Jordan Education Initiative Evaluation
KidCode: Software for Young Childrens Exploration of Symbolic Representation
Latin America and the Caribbean Strategy Paper
Lawrence Public Schools: Consultants for the Pathways Project
Learning CS Game Design
Learning to Work: Youth Development Models for Technology-based Career Preparation
LEARNS Online Tutor Training Manual Instructional Design Project
Lee y serás (Read and You Will Be) Pilot Evaluation
Liberty Science Center Technology Innovation Challenge Grant Evaluation
Library of Congress Teacher Outreach: Program Evaluation
Library Power
Lincoln Center Institute Teacher Education Collaborative Research Project
Linking Data and Learning: Exploring Practices that Improve Achievement
Linking Data with Learning: The Grow Network Study
Linking Teacher Education Pedagogy to Digital Resources
Maryland Virtual High School: The Core Models Project
Math Data Collaborative
Math For All Efficacy Study
Math for All: Assessing the Efficacy of a Professional Development Program for Elementary School Teachers
Math for All: Broadening and Sustaining Effective Teacher Professional Development
Math Talk Home Use Materials
Mathematics for All: Multimedia Cases on Inclusion
Mathematics Leadership Collaboration Evaluation
Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Curriculum Frameworks Project
Media Literacy Research
Media Workshop of New York
Media Workshop of New York Staff Development
Middle School Science Curriculum Materials: Meeting Standards and Fostering Inquiry Through Learning Technologies
Middle-Grades Mentors
Mindsurf Networks: Formative Research on Handhelds in the Classroom
Minneapolis Art Project
Mission US
Mission US: Time Snap
Mix Libris
MyWorld Evaluation Project
Nanoscience Instructional Materials Development Project Evaluation
NASA Educator Resource Center Network Strategic Review
National Design Experiments Consortium
National Digital Library Teacher Institute
National Education Technology Plan: US Department of Education White Paper
National Foundation for Improvement of Education (NFIE) Learning Tomorrow Program Evaluation
National Geographic Strategic Web Research
National Study on the Effectiveness of Educational Technology
NEARStar Evaluation
New Mexico Challenge: Regional Education Technology Assistance Initiative
New Mexico Online Leadership Academy Project
New Mexico Reading First Initiative Evaluation
New York Academy of Science SPARK Evaluation
New York City Partnerships for Arts and Education
New York City Pilot Test: Biodiversity Survey/National Biodiversity Inventory Planning and Design Project
New York Philharmonic
Next Generation Preschool Math
Next Generation Preschool Science
Noggin Consultation
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL)
NSF Program for Women and Girls: A Lifetime of Science, Mathematics and Engineering CD-ROM
NY School Quality Review Initiative: Video to Support Professional Development
NYAS Innovation Challenge Evaluation
NYC iPD
NYC iZone
NYNEX Distance-Learning Projects for New York City and Dutchess County
Online Conversations: Teachers to Teachers, Kids to Kids
Opportunity Network Evaluation
Our American Democracy
Passaic Gear Up: Program Evaluation
Passport to Knowledge
Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)
PBS Digital Classroom Evaluation
PBS Kids Website Evaluations: EekoWorld, Go News Go and News Flash Five
PBS Language and Literacy Together
PBS Learning Media Impact Study
PBS US Olympic Cyber School
Performance Assessment as a Tool for Enhancing Learning in Middle- and Secondary-School Science
PETLab Game Design Pilot Evaluation
Phase II Fable Writer SBIR Evaluation
Picturing Modern America
Pilot Project to Establish a Middle School Program Integrating Mathematics, Science, Technology, Visual Studies, and Cultural Arts
PISA2 Evaluation
Playing with Data
PLUM Rx
Portable Wordplay
Possible Worlds: A National Research and Development Center on Instructional Technology
Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology: Project DEEP
Programming with a Purpose: An Experimental Investigation on the Role Narrative Plays in Supporting Girls’ Understanding of Programming Concepts
Project ConTExT Evaluation
Project Expert: Professional Development at Bank Street
Project GRAD Telecollaboration
Project Launch: The Community School Board District 18 Trainings
Project Montage
Project RISE
Project START
Promoting Engagement in Informal STEM Learning as a Path to Employment for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Re-Engineering Public Health/Epidemiological Models to Predict the Spread of Literacy and Illiteracy
Reading Companion Evaluation
Ready To Learn 2015–2020
Ready to Learn Multi-Project Evaluation
Ready to Learn Summative Evaluation
Ready To Learn: Expanded Learning Through Transmedia Content Study
Ready To Learn—Year 4
Ready To Learn—Year 5
Reality-based Learning Challenge Grant Evaluation for Kirby School District
Regional Education Laboratory-Northeast and Islands(REL-NEI)
Research for Students and Teacher Impact
Research on Teaching with Primary Sources
Review Paper on Educational Technologies for Exploratorium
Rhode Island Teachers and Technology Initiative
Ruff Family Science
Scholastic Zip Zoom English Research/Evaluation Instrument Development
School Network Testbed
Schools Around the World Technology Plan
SCRATCH-ED: Working with teachers to develop design-based approaches to the cultivation of computational thinking
SeaTrek Distance Learning Evaluation Study
Second Stage of Access: Promising Practices in Technology and Equity
Sesame Workshop
Side x Side Project Imagine
Skills for the 21st Century: Supporting Digital Literacy in the Classroom
State Route 21 Project
State-of-the-Art Technology in Precollegiate Education: National Study Tour
STEM2Stern Program Metrics
Student Assessment in Arts-Infused Programs: Developing Stategic Practice in Chicago, New York City, and Minneapolis
Student Learning in the Arts
Study Tour of IBM’s Reinventing Education Sites
SuperQuest Science Evaluation
Supporting Staff Developers in Improving Mathematics Education for Students with Disabilities
Sustaining the Education Technology Agenda in Our Nation’s Schools Paper
Teaching American History: Teacher as Historian
Technology and Community Development
Technology and K-12 Education Review Paper
Technology for Science Project
Technology Training Center Planning for Chicago Public Schools
Telecommunications and Science Education: Collaborative Workshop for United States and Latin American Educators
Telementoring Young Women in Engineering and Computing: Providing the Vital Link
Temple University Conference: Research Using Cognitive Science
The Art of Teaching the Arts: A Video and Web Teaching Resource
The Children of Willesden Lane: A Video and Web Teaching Resource
The Development of Computational Literacy Through the Integration of Computational Thinking and Early Language and Literacy Development in Urban Preschools
The Ecologies of Childrens Computing: Investigating the Use of Technology Across Multiple Settings
The Learning Community Star Schools Program
The Literacy Project Network
The Mathematics Learning Forums Project
The Noyce Adelphi STEAM Pipeline (ASP): Preparing Next Gen Science Teachers
The Playful Invention and Exploration Network Evaluation
The State Role in Adolescent Literacy Improvement: Case Studies of Systemic State Policy Development and Implementation
ThinkQuest New York City Pilot Evaluation
Thirteen/WNET African-American Lives Evaluation
Thirteen/WNET New York National Station Web Survey and Inventory
Time Warner Technical Assistance in Youth Media Program Evaluation Project
TKU Evaluation
Tools to Support Preschool Teachers: Advancing dual-language learners’ learning with educational technology
Transforming Preschoolers' Spatial Orientation Learning
TwISLE
U.S. History Through Young People's Eyes: An Efficacy Study of Mission US
Ulster County BOCES
Union City as a Demonstration Model
Union City High School Research/Restructuring Plan
Union City Online: An Architecture for Networking and Reform
Union City: A Virtual Tour
Union City: Innovation Exchange - Exploring the Portability of Systemic Reform
Union City: Project Bulldog
Union City: Project Explore
Union City: Project Hiller
Urban Mathematics, Science and Technology Leadership Project
Use of Mobile Technologies
Using Educational Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Series of Papers
Using Portable Computing to Build Observational Assessments for Mathematics Learning
Using Technology to Advance Literacy Through Professional Development and Use of Data
Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning Study
Virtual Hall of Science
Washington Online Curricula Evaluation
WGBH Teachers Domain: Engineering Collection Evaluation
WGBH Teachers’ Domain Pathways to Science: Rich-Media Resources for K-12 Teachers
WGBH Teachers’ Domain Research Review and Case Studies
WGBH Teachers’ Domain: Engaging Alaska Natives with the Geosciences
WGBH Year of the Solar System Evaluation
WGBH: User-Centered Digital Library
Whitney Museum Youth Insights Program
Who Built America? (History Badges)
Whole Cloth: Discovering Science and Technology through American History
Wombats AISL
Women ADVANCE at USM Initiative
Writing the City Project Evaluation
Yonkers District Technology Plan
Young Children and Technology—portfolio
Young Scientist Club
Zoom In
Zoom In! Learning Science with Data