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 20-30 multi-year projects, each at various phases of development.
Current Projects
Advancing Biology Education for Online Professional Development: A New York State Research Study
Bank Street College Autism Program Evaluation
Brooklyn Historical Society Students and Faculty in the Archive
Computer-guided Comprehensive Mathematics Assessment for Young Children
Evaluation of the Eastern Alliance in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Examining the Impact of Teachers’ Domain on Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Biology
History Matters: Bringing U.S. History to Diverse Learners
Next Generation Preschool Math
Passaic Gear Up: Program Evaluation
Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH)
Possible Worlds: A National R&D Center on Instructional Technology
Ready to Learn: "Expanded Learning Through Transmedia Content" Study
Regional Education Laboratory–Northeast and Islands (REL-NEI)
Supporting Staff Developers in Improving Mathematics Education for Students with Disabilities
Archived Projects
21st Century Indicators Project
A Study Tour of New York City Teachers and Technology
AASA Leadership Initiative Case Studies
Accidental Scientist Evaluation
Advance Passaic (Avanza Passaic): Program Evaluation
After School Technology Program
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
Artists and Teachers Partnership for Excellence Multiple Intelligences Evaluation Project
Arts and Education - Northern Illinois University
Assessments of 21st Century Skills: The Current Landscape
Boys and Girls Clubs of America Project Connect Program Evaluation
Breakthrough (ANOMIE) Evaluation
Brooklyn Expedition: Website Evaluation
Brownfield Action Project Evaluation
Building Assessment Capacity Project
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
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
Cisco 21S Initiative Evaluation
Cisco Education 3.0 Leading Indicators
City Technology Curriculum Guidelines
City Technology: Learning from Everyday Stuff
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)
Computers for Youth Evaluation Study
Connecting With the Arts: A Video and Web Teaching Resource
Consortium for Technology in the Preparation of Teachers
Contextual Analysis of the Science Learning Network
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
Designing for Equity: The Imagine Project
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
dot-EDU Leader: KidSmart Latin American Virtual Community Pilot
dot-EDU Peru Professional Development Program
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
Empire State Partnerships Project: Formative Research on K12 Arts Programs
ENACT Classroom Instruction Project Formative Evaluation
Evaluating the Impact of Educational Technology: Improving Communication with Policymakers
Evaluation of Live @ the Exploratorium: Origins Evaluation
Examining the Impact of the ISS EarthKAM Project
Exploring the American Past Project Evaluation
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
Global Kids: Playing 4 Keeps Evaluation
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Assisting Communities Project
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
Illinois State Board of Education Inquiry Initiative
Illinois State Board of Education Online Curriculum Evaluation Year One and Year Two
In Search of Shakespeare Formative Evaluation Study
Integrating Technology in Chicago's Elementary Schools
Intel® Computer Clubhouse Evaluation
Intel® Teach Essentials Course: Program Evaluations
Intel® Teach: International Evaluation Administration
Intel® Teach: Thinking with Technology Workshops Evaluation
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 Children's Exploration of Symbolic Representation
Latin America and the Caribbean Strategy Paper
Lawrence Public Schools: Consultants for the Pathways Project
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
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
Mathematics for All: Multimedia Cases on Inclusion
Mathematics Leadership Collaboration Evaluation
Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Curriculum Frameworks Project
Media Workshop of New York Staff Development
Mindsurf Networks: Formative Research on Handhelds in the Classroom
Nanoscience Instructional Materials Development Project Evaluation
NASA Educator Resource Center Network Strategic Review
National Design Experiments Consortium
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
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
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
NYNEX Distance-Learning Projects for New York City and Dutchess County
Online Conversations: Teachers to Teachers, Kids to Kids
Our Courts: Video Game Instructional Design
PBS Digital Classroom Evaluation
PBS Kids Website Evaluations: EekoWorld, Go News Go and News Flash Five
PBS Language and Literacy Together
Performance Assessment as a Tool for Enhancing Learning in Middle- and Secondary-School Science
PETLab Game Design Pilot Evaluation
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology: Project DEEP
Project Expert: Professional Development at Bank Street
Project GRAD Telecollaboration
Project Launch: The Community School Board District 18 Trainings
Promoting Assets and Access: Reframing the Standards to Include All Students
Re-Engineering Public Health/Epidemiological Models to Predict the Spread of Literacy and Illiteracy
Ready to Learn Multi-Project Evaluation
Ready to Learn Summative Evaluation
Reality-based Learning Challenge Grant Evaluation for Kirby School District
Research for Students and Teacher Impact
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program
Review Paper on Educational Technologies for Exploratorium
Rhode Island Teachers and Technology Initiative
Scholastic Zip Zoom English Research/Evaluation Instrument Development
Schools Around the World Technology Plan
SeaTrek Distance Learning Evaluation Study
Second Stage of Access: Promising Practices in Technology and Equity
Skills for the 21st Century: Supporting Digital Literacy in the Classroom
State-of-the-Art Technology in Precollegiate Education: National Study Tour
Study Tour of IBM's Reinventing Education Sites
Sustaining the Education Technology Agenda in Our Nation’s Schools Paper
Technology and Community Development
Technology and K-12 Education Review Paper
Technology for Science Project
Technology Training Center Planning for Chicago Public Schools
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 Ecologies of Children's Computing: Investigating the Use of Technology Across Multiple Settings
The Learning Community Star Schools Program
The Mathematics Learning Forums Project
The Playful Invention and Exploration Network Evaluation
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
Union City as a Demonstration Model
Union City High School Research/Restructuring Plan
Union City Online: An Architecture for Networking and Reform
Union City: Innovation Exchange—Exploring the Portability of Systemic Reform
Urban Mathematics, Science and Technology Leadership Project
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
Washington Online Curricula Evaluation
WGBH Teachers' Domain: Engaging Alaska Natives with the Geosciences
WGBH Teachers’ Domain Pathways to Science: Rich-Media Resources for K-12 Teachers
WGBH Teachers’ Domain Research Review and Case Studies
WGBH Teachers’ Domain: Engineering Collection Evaluation
WGBH: User-Centered Digital Library
Whitney Museum Youth Insights Program
Whole Cloth: Discovering Science and Technology through American History
Writing the City Project Evaluation
