The Friends of the Institute of Education Sciences support the critical research, data, statistics and evaluation programs at IES. Our mission is to advance the objectives of IES, including: expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of education from early childhood through higher education and the workforce; providing rigorous and relevant evidence on which to ground education practice and policy; sharing this information broadly; and promoting knowledge utilization in policy and practice. To that end, the Friends encourage federal investment to conduct the highest quality education research, data collection, evaluations and dissemination at IES.

Coalition members include scientific associations and institutions, research and practitioner organizations, and other groups with an interest in IES.

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