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AERA seeks to foster sound policies and investments regarding education research, STEM education, and the protection of human subjects. An overview of AERA’s recent research policy advocacy actions are listed below:

2023

AERA Fellow Guillermo Solano-Flores Appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board
AERA Highlghts, October 2023

AERA Comments on Proposed Rule on the Fundamental Responsibilities of Federal Statistical Agencies
AERA Highlights, October 2023

AERA Past President Carol Lee Elected Chair of NBES
AERA Highlights, September 2023

NCES Launches Equity in Education Dashboard
AERA Highlights, September 2023

NAGB Accepting Nominations Through October 31 for Six Appointed Positions
AERA Highlights, September 2023

AERA Member Nathan Jones Named New Commissioner of NCSER
AERA Highlights, August 2023

NBES to Hold Open Meeting on September 11
AERA Highlights, August 2023

Biden Appoints Education Researcher C. Kirabo Jackson to Council of Economic Advisers
AERA Highlights, August 2023

AERA Joins Multisociety Statement on Harvard-UNC Supreme Court Ruling
AERA Highlights, July 2023

AERA Submits Comments to Inform Roadmap for National Science Foundation’s TIP Directorate
AERA Highlights, July 2023

New ERIC Data Provide Insight Into Access and Use of Publicly Available AERA Publications
AERA Highlights, July 2023

FY 2024 Appropriations Process Moves Forward
AERA Highlights, July 2023

NIH Prohibits Use of Generative AI in Peer Review Process
AERA Highlights, July 2023

NSF Releases Public Access Plan 2.0 on Ensuring Access to Federally Funded Research
AERA Highlights, June 2023

IES Issues Guide for Researchers Conducting Implementation Research
AERA Highlights, June 2023

Debt Ceiling Deal Includes Caps on Spending for FY 2024 and FY 2025
AERA Highlights, June 2023

AERA Members Honored with High-Profile NSF and NSB Awards​
AERA Highlights, May 2023

AERA Provides Comments to Senate HELP Committee on ESRA Reauthorization
AERA Highlights, April 2023

FY 2024 Budget Request Proposes Increased Investment for Education Research and Statistics
AERA Highlights, March 2023

AERA Provides Comments on Priorities for NCER Research and Development Centers​
AERA Highlights, March 2023

AERA Members Sonia Cabell, Sandra Chafouleas, and Jeremy Stoddard Commemorate IES 20th Anniversary
AERA Highlights, February 2023

IES Seeking Input on NCER National Research and Development Centers – Comments Due March 6
AERA Highlights, February 2023

National Science Board Meeting Features K-12 STEM Teacher Panel and Update from STEM Education Working Group
AERA Highlights, February 2023

National Academies Release Report on Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations
AERA Highlights, February 2023

118th Congress Kicks Off, with Committee Assignments Bringing New Faces to Education Research Policy and Funding
AERA Highlights, February 2023

AERA Past President Deborah Ball Among Announced Appointees to National Science Board
AERA Highlights, January 2023

AERA Members Danielle McNamara and Michael Gottfried Commemorate IES 20th Anniversary
AERA Highlights, January 2023

Biden-Harris Administration Releases Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity​
AERA Highlights, January 2023

2022

White House Hosts Summit on STEMM Equity and Excellence, Launches STEMM Opportunity Alliance​
AERA Highlights, December 2022

NSF SBE Advisory Committee Convenes for Fall 2022 Meeting
AERA Highlights, December 2022

FY 2023 Omnibus Bill Includes Boosts for Education Research and Statistics
AERA Highlights, December 2022

IES Celebrates 20th Anniversary, Invites Others to Join in Highlighting Accomplishments and Future Directions
AERA Highlights, November 2022

NSF EDU Advisory Committee Holds First Meeting with New Assistant Director and New Name
AERA Highlights, November 2022

Midterm Elections Set Stage for Changes on Key Committees for 118th Congress
AERA Highlights, November 2022

Nominations for National Assessment Governing Board Due October 31
AERA Highlights, October 2022

White House OSTP Issues Updated Guidance on Open Access to Federally Funded Research and Data
AERA Highlights, September 2022

National Academies Symposium Amplifies Recommendations for the Future of Education Research
AERA Highlights, September 2022

Senate Appropriations Democrats Release FY 2023 Bills with Proposed Increases for Education Research
AERA Highlights, August 2022

CHIPS and Science Act, Reauthorizing NSF, Signed into Law
AERA Highlights, August 2022

New Essential Education Discoveries Act Introduced in House
AERA Highlights, August 2022

Senate Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on the Nomination of Arati Prabhakar as OSTP Director
AERA Highlights, July 2022

Slimmed-Down Competitiveness Bill Introduced with NSF Reauthorization Language
AERA Highlights, July 2022

AERA Responds to IES RFI on Large-Scale Data
AERA Highlights, June 2022

Biden Issues Executive Order to Advance Equity for LGBTQI+ Individuals​
AERA Highlights, June 2022

Appointments Announced for Key Science Leadership Agency Positions
AERA Highlights, June 2022

FY 2023 Appropriations Process Kicks Off with House Markups
AERA Highlights, June 2022

AERA Weighs in on FY 2023 Funding Priorities for Education Research and Statistics
AERA Highlights, May 2022

Equitable Data Working Group Releases Report and Recommendations
AERA Highlights, May 2022

Karin Orvis Appointed U.S. Chief Statistician
AERA Highlights, May 2022

NSF EHR Advisory Committee Discusses Organizational Transformation, Racial Equity in Spring Meeting
AERA Highlights, May 2022

White House OSTP Hosts Summit on Evidence in Action
AERA Highlights, April 2022

National Academies Report on NCES Recommends Strategic Plan, Collaborations to Ensure NCES Independence and Relevance
AERA Highlights, April 2022

National Academies Release Report on the Future of Education Research at IESAERA Joins Scientific Community in Urging for Support for Ukrainian Researchers and Families
AERA Highlights, March 2022

AERA Highlights, March 2022

Final FY 2022 Appropriations Include Increases for Education Research, Address Important Policy Issues
AERA Highlights, March 2022

National Academies Release Report on the Pragmatic Future for NAEP
AERA Highlights, March 2022

President Biden Releases FY 2023 Budget Request
AERA Highlights, March 2022

AERA Submits Comments on Proposed Revisions to 2021-22 CRDC
AERA Highlights, February 2022

OSTP Leadership Transition as Eric Lander Resigns—Alondra Nelson Takes on OSTP Director Responsibilities, Collins Named Acting Science Advisor
AERA Highlights, February 2022

Rayvon Fouché Named to Lead NSF’s Social and Economic Sciences Division
AERA Highlights, February 2022

IES and White House Initiative Hold Briefing on Supporting Black Students Across the Education Sciences
AERA Highlights, February 2022

House Advances Comprehensive America COMPETES Act
AERA Highlights, February 2022

FY 2022 Appropriations Discussions Continue with Continuing Resolution Advanced Through March 11
AERA Highlights, February 2022

NASEM Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Announces Carlotta M. Arthur as New Executive Director
AERA Highlights, January 2022

IES Seeks Information on Interventions in Middle School Science and Elementary Math for Students with Disabilities
AERA Highlights, January 2022

National Science Board Releases 2022 Science and Engineering Indicators
AERA Highlights, January 2022

White House OSTP Releases Report from Scientific Integrity Task Force
AERA Highlights, January 2022

House Leadership Unveils America COMPETES Act
AERA Highlights, January 2022

2021

Legislation to Boost Investment in Science Agencies Advances on Capitol Hill
AERA Highlights, December 2021

National Science Board Examines “Uneven” Geography of K–12 STEM Education
AERA Highlights, December 2021

NSF SBE Advisory Committee Holds Fall Meeting and Discusses Updates on America’s Data Hub Consortium
AERA Highlights, December 2021

Education Department Office for Civil Rights Solicits Public Input on Proposed Revisions to Civil Rights Data Collection for 2021-22 School Year
AERA Highlights, November 2021

NSF EHR Advisory Committee Holds Fall 2021 Meeting
AERA Highlights, November 2021

Friends of IES Briefing Features IES Research Supporting Academic Outcomes and Mental Health
AERA Highlights, October 2021

Bill Riley to Retire as Director of NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
AERA Highlights, October 2021 

AERA Member Scott Marion Among Appointees to National Assessment Governing Board
AERA Highlights, October 2021 

Senate Appropriations Committee Releases Remaining FY 2022 Bills
AERA Highlights, October 2021

House Build Back Better Act Includes Funding for R&D Infrastructure
AERA Highlights, September 2021

White House Issues R&D Priorities for FY 2023
AERA Highlights, September 2021

Appointments Made to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
AERA Highlights, September 2021

President Biden Appoints Peggy Carr to Serve as NCES Commissioner
AERA Highlights, August 2021

Karen Marrongelle Named as Chief Operating Officer of NSF
AERA Highlights, August 2021

AERA Provides Comments on Department of Education RFI on Nondiscriminatory School Discipline
AERA Highlights, August 2021          

AERA Provides Comments on OSTP Request on Strengthening Federal Scientific Integrity Policies
AERA Highlights, August 2021

U.S. Department of Education Announces 2021–22 Civil Rights Data Collection​
AERA Highlights, August 2021

AERA Provides Comment on OMB RFI on Advancing Equity through Government
AERA Highlights, July 2021

National Academies Hold Additional Public Meetings on IES Research Programs and NCES
AERA Highlights, July 2021

House and Senate Advance NSF Reauthorization Legislation on Bipartisan Votes​
AERA Highlights, July 2021

FY 2022 Appropriations Process Kicks Off with House Markups
AERA Highlights, July 2021

OCR Releases Resources on Title IX
AERA Highlights, July 2021

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Requests Information to Improve Federal Scientific Integrity Policies
AERA Highlights, July 2021

Office for Civil Rights Calls for Comments on Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline
AERA Highlights, June 2021​

Full Budget Request from President Biden Proposes Significant Boosts for Education Research
AERA Highlights, June 2021​

NSF EHR Advisory Committee Considers Racial Equity in STEM, Renaming of Directorate
AERA Highlights, June 2021​

IES Invites Applications for New Awards for FY 2022 for the Education Research and Special Education Research Grant Programs
AERA Highlights, June 2021​

NASEM Committees Begin Consideration of Future Vision for IES Programs
AERA Highlights, May 2021​

NSF Proposals Move Forward in House and Senate​
AERA Highlights, May 2021​

NSF SBE Advisory Committee Highlights National Secure Data Service, Directorate Updates 
AERA Highlights, May 2021​

National Academies to Hold Virtual Events in June Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on K-12 Teaching and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the STEMM Workforce
AERA Highlights, May 2021​

Overview of FY 2022 Budget Request for Education Research and Statistics in Federal Agencies

President Biden Releases FY 2022 “Skinny” Budget Request with Large Increases for Education Department, NSF, NIH
AERA Highlights, April 2021​

American Jobs Plan Proposes Significant Investment in Federal Research
AERA Highlights, April 2021​

National Academies to Conduct Three Studies on IES
AERA Highlights, April 2021​

With FY 2022 Appropriations Process about to Get Underway, AERA Urges Boosts to Research Funding
AERA Highlights, March 2021​

American Rescue Plan Act Includes Emergency Funding to IES and NSF for COVID-19 Response
AERA Highlights, March 2021​

House Science Committee Leaders Introduce Bipartisan NSF Reauthorization Bill
AERA Highlights, March 2021​

AERA Submits Comments to Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building
AERA Highlights, February 2021​

AERA Offers Comments to Inform 2022–26 NSF Strategic Plan
AERA Highlights, February 2021​

Education Department to Collect Data on In-Person Instruction in 2021 NAEP School Survey
AERA Highlights, February 2021​

House Moves Forward on Budget Reconciliation COVID-19 Package with Funding for Education Research
AERA Highlights, February 2021​

AERA Speaks Out on Mob Attack on CapitolAERA Joins ASA, COPAFS, and Others to Urge Bolstering of Federal Statistical Agencies
AERA Highlights, January 2021​

AERA Highlights, January 2021​

Learning Recovery Act Introduced in the House
AERA Highlights, January 2021​

Biden Issues Executive Order on Reopening Schools, Calls for Data and Evidence-Based Guidance
AERA Highlights, January 2021​

Biden Announces Nominations for Department of Education, OSTP as Term Begins
AERA Highlights, January 2021​

117th Congress Convenes with Changes in Committee Leadership and Membership
AERA Highlights, January 2021​

2020

Trump Appointments to NBES Raise Serious Concerns on Appropriate Expertise on Education Research
AERA Highlights, December 2020​

Congress Clears FY 2021 Funding and COVID-19 Relief Package, Trump Expected to Sign
AERA Highlights, December 2020​

National Science Board December Meeting Focuses on COVID-19 Impact and Equity in STEM
AERA Highlights, December 2020​

NSF SBE Advisory Committee Holds Winter Meeting
AERA Highlights, December 2020​

2020 Election Brings Change to White House and Congress; AERA Past President Linda Darling-Hammond to Lead Education Transition Team
AERA Highlights, November 2020​

Senate Appropriations Committee Releases FY 2021 Bills
AERA Highlights, November 2020​

NSF EHR Advisory Committee Considers Racial Equity in STEM Education, Future of NSF at Fall Meeting
AERA Highlights, November 2020​

AERA, AAAS, and Key Researchers  Call on OMB to Require NSF to Include Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Measures in Surveys
AERA Highlights, October 2020​

AERA Responds to Call for Information on Federal STEM Education Strategic Plan
AERA Highlights, October 2020​

AERA Executive Director Urges Withdrawal of ICE Proposed Rule on International Student Visas​
AERA Highlights, October 2020​

AERA Joins Letter Urging Administration to Rescind Series of Actions Limiting Diversity Training in Federal Agencies
AERA Highlights, October 2020​

AERA Joins Comment on Federal Student Aid Draft 2020-24 Strategic Plan
AERA Highlights, October 2020​

AERA Joins Letter Supporting Call for NASEM Study on Systemic Racism in Academia
AERA Highlights, September 2020​

Congress Examines Funding Needs for Research Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic
AERA Highlights, September 2020​

AERA Submits Comments on 2020-21 CRDC Revisions and Schedule Adjustment​
AERA Highlights, August 2020​

NAGB Advances Resolution Urging NCES to Continue Plans for 2021 Mandated NAEP Assessments​
AERA Highlights, August 2020​

Negotiations Stall on Additional COVID-19 Emergency Funding Package
AERA Highlights, August 2020​

AERA President Testifies Before Congress on Covid-19 and the Racial Equity Implications of Reopening College and University Campuses
AERA Highlights, July 2020​

AERA Executive Director Speaks Out Against ICE Guidance on International Students and University Online-Only Instruction
AERA Highlights, July 2020​

AERA Joins Scientific Community in Urging Trump Administration to Reverse Decision to Bypass CDC in Covid-19 Patient Data Collection and Analysis
AERA Highlights, July 2020​

House FY 2021 Appropriations Bills Advance; Legislation Addresses NCES Staffing Needs
AERA Highlights, July 2020​

Civil Rights Data Collection Delayed to 2020-21 School Year; Comments on Changes Due August 6
AERA Highlights, July 2020​

Friends of IES Urge House and Senate Leaders to Include $200 Million in Emergency Funding for IES Research Recovery
AERA Highlights, July 2020​

AERA Endorses Research Investment to Spark the Economy (RISE) Act
AERA Highlights, June 2020​

Senate Confirms Sethuraman Panchanathan as Next NSF Director
AERA Highlights, June 2020​

Trump Administration Issues Executive Order Suspending Certain Work Visas
AERA Highlights, June 2020​

NSF SBE Advisory Committee Meeting Focuses on Covid-19 Response, CISE Collaboration
AERA Highlights, June 2020​

Senate and House Committees Hold Hearings on Reopening Schools and Colleges Safely
AERA Highlights, June 2020​

Draft 2025 NAEP Reading Assessment Framework Available for Public Comment—Deadline: July 23
AERA Highlights, June 2020​

AERA Submits Senate Testimony Calling for Support of Education Research Funding and Protection of the Data and Research Infrastructure 
AERA Highlights, May 2020​

AERA Responds to OSTP Request on Public Access to Publications, Data, and Code from Federally-Funded Research
AERA Highlights, May 2020

AERA, Postsecondary Data Collaborative Applaud NCES Response on Covid-19
AERA Highlights, May 2020

AERA Highlights, April 2020

AERA Highlights, April 2020

AERA Signs On to Call to Higher Education Administrators Regarding Student Educational Progress During Covid-19
AERA Highlights, April 2020

AERA Highlights, March 2020

AERA Provides Appropriations Testimony with Emphasis on EHR and IES
AERA Highlights, March 2020

AERA Highlights, March 2020

AERA Highlights, January 2020

AERA Highlights, January 2020

2019

AERA Joins Scholarly Publishers on Letter to President Trump Regarding Potential Executive Order on Open Access Policy
AERA Highlights, December 2019

AERA Comments on Proposed Changes to the Civil Rights Data Collection
AERA Highlights,  November 2019

AERA to Comment on Proposed Changes to Civil Rights Data Collection, Urges Member Engagement
AERA Highlights, October 2019

AERA Convenes Education Research Leaders for 2019 Fall Policy Meeting
AERA Highlights,  September 2019

Capitol Hill Briefing Examines Evidence for Improving School Safety
AERA Highlights, June 2019

AERA to Cosponsor June 12 Capitol Hill Briefing on Weapons and School Violence
AERA Highlights, May 2019

AERA Names Two Congressional Fellows for 2019–2020
AERA Highlights,  May 2019

AERA 2019 President Wells Scrutinizes School Testing Policies
AERA Highlights,  May 2019

AERA 2019 President Wells Scrutinizes School Testing Policies
AERA Highlights,  April 2019

2018

 
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AERA Speaks Out on the Trump Administration’s Proposed Elimination of the State Longitudinal Data System Program
AERA Highlights, February 2018 

2017


Mark Schneider Nominated to Lead Institute of Education Sciences
AERA Highlights, December 2017

Science Groups Respond to CDC "Evidence-based" Directive
AERA Highlights, December 2017

House GOP Takes First Step in Rewriting Higher Education Act
AERA Highlights, December 2017

Congress Acts on Tax Reform and FY 2018 Appropriations
AERA Highlights, December 2017

AERA Calls on Congress to Preserve Graduate Student Tax Benefits
AERA Highlights, November 2017

AERA Joins Campaign to Urge Congress to Raise Spending Caps
AERA Highlights, November 2017

House Advances Bipartisan Evidence-Based Policymaking Bill
AERA Highlights, November 2017

NSF SBE Advisory Committee, National Science Board Hold Meetings
AERA Highlights, November 2017

AERA Weighs In on IES Research Goals and Other Policy Issues
AERA Highlights, October 2017

DeVos Appoints Six Members to NAGB and Makes Additional Nominations for Key Education Positions
AERA Highlights, October 2017

Q&A: IES's Liz  Albro Discusses How IES Advances Education Research
AERA Highlights, October 2017

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking Releases Final Report
AERA Highlights, September 2017

House Fails to Introduce Amendment to Slash IES Funding, Budget Deal Reached for Start of FY 2018
AERA Highlights, September 2017

AAAS and AAU Hold Webinar on Scientific Storytelling
AERA Highlights, September 2017

COPAFS Names New Executive Director
AERA Highlights, August 2017

AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition Examines the “Right to Science”
AERA Highlights, August 2017

National Science Board Holds Summer Quarterly Meeting
AERA Highlights, August 2017

Q&A: NSF’s Julio López-Ferrao Discusses Funding Opportunities for Early Career Scholars
AERA Highlights, August 2017

AERA Webcasts on Communicating Locally with Federal Policymakers Now Available
AERA Highlights, July 2017

Flurry of Congressional Activity on FY 2018 Appropriations
AERA Highlights, July 2017

AERA to Hold Two July Webinars on Communicating with Federal Policy Makers Locally
AERA Highlights, June 2017

AERA Names Four Congressional Fellows for 2017-18
AERA Highlights, June 2017

House Panel Holds Hearing on Education Research and Student Data Privacy
AERA Highlights, June 2017

National Academies Releases Report on the Value of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences to National Priorities
AERA Highlights, June 2017

Congressional Committees Begin Work on FY 2018 Appropriations
AERA Highlights, June 2017

National Science Board Holds Spring Meeting and Honors AERA Member
AERA Highlights, May 2017

AERA Weighs in on Wide Range of Federal Science Policy Issues
AERA Highlights, May 2017

AERA Showcases Innovative STEM Research at Capitol Hill Exhibition
AERA Highlights, May 2017

As One Budget Year Is Finalized, the Process for the Next One Begins
AERA Highlights, May 2017

Congress Discusses the Bipartisan and Bicameral College Transparency Act of 2017
AERA Highlights, May 2017

COSSA Holds 2017 Annual Meeting and Advocacy Day
AERA Highlights, April 2017

AERA Delegation Advocates for Education Research on Capitol Hill
AERA Highlights, March 2017

Trump Budget Blueprint Calls for 13-Percent Cut to Education Department
AERA Highlights, March 2017

Congressional Committees Hold Hearing on National Science Foundation, STEM Education
AERA Highlights, March 2017

Education Researchers Selected as Presidential Early Career Awardees
AERA Highlights, February 2017

Senate Introduces Scientific Integrity Act
AERA Highlights, February 2017

House Education Committee Kicks Off With Hearings on School Choice and Higher Education
AERA Highlights, February 2017

Neild Steps Down at IES, Brock Named Interim Director
AERA Highlights, January 2017

HELP Committee Sends DeVos Nomination for Education Secretary to Full Senate
AERA Highlights, January 2017

Education Committees Take Shape for 115th Congress
AERA Highlights, January 2017

2016


AERA Submits Comments to Commission for Evidence-based Policymaking
AERA Highlights, December 2016

Congress Passes American Innovation and Competitiveness Act
AERA Highlights, December 2016

Congress Advances Short-Term Spending Bill before Adjourning
AERA Highlights, December 2016

Election Implications Loom for Federal Education Leadership, Education Research Funding
AERA Highlights, November 2016

National Board for Education Sciences and National Science Board Convene
AERA Highlights, November 2016

Education Department Releases Guidance on Using Evidence in Education Decisions
AERA Highlights, October 2016

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking Seeks Input on Data Use - Comments Due November 14
AERA Highlights, October 2016

President Obama's Social and Behavioral Sciences Team Releases 2016 Annual Report
AERA Highlights, October 2016

Education Research Community Letter Urges Congress to Support IES Funding - Sign-on Deadline October 3
AERA Highlights, September 2016

AERA Advocates for Education Researcher as Occupation in SOC
AERA Highlights, September 2016

AERA Consortium of Universities and Research Institutions Holds Fall Policy Meeting
AERA Highlights, September 2016

NAGB Seeks Nominations for Four Positions, Names Six Other Appointees
AERA Highlights, September 2016

IES Rolls Out New What Works Clearinghouse Website
AERA Highlights, September 2016

National Academies Holds Seminars on Strengthening News Coverage of Social and Behavioral Science
AERA Highlights, August 2016

National Science Board Holds Summer Meeting
AERA Highlights, August 2016

NAEd Holds Workshop on Balancing "Big Data" Research Needs and Student Privacy
AERA Highlights, August 2016

President Obama Fills Three Positions on National Board for Education Sciences
AERA Highlights, July 2016

House Education Appropriations Bill Includes Proposed Cuts to IES -- AERA Presses for Restoration
AERA Highlights, July 2016

Senate Committee Passes NSF Reauthorization Bill
AERA Highlights, July 2016

Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Small Cuts to IES, Boost to NIH in LHHS Bill
AERA Highlights, June 2016

Education Department Accepting Comments on Draft ESSA Accountability Regulations
AERA Highlights, June 2016

NIH to Launch Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study
AERA Highlights, June 2016

NACHHD Council Meets
AERA Highlights, June 2016

Senate and House Committees Approve NSF Spending Bills; Senate Expected to Consider NSF Reauthorization
AERA Highlights, May 2016

Education Discussed at CEF Presidential Forum
AERA Highlights, May 2016

Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act Signed into Law
AERA Highlights, May 2016

AERA Holds Advocacy Day
AERA Highlights, April 2016

AERA Features Innovative Research at Capitol Hill Exhibition
AERA Highlights, April 2016

Capitol Hill Event Debunks "Wasteful" Research
AERA Highlights, April 2016

AERA Urges Strong FY 2017 Funding for Agencies Supporting Education Research
AERA Highlights, March 2016

House Education Committee Holds Hearing on Education Research and Privacy Protections
AERA Highlights, March 2016

COSSA Holds 2016 Annual Meeting and Advocacy Day
AERA Highlights, March 2016

NCSER Grantees Present at Friends of IES Hill Briefing
AERA Highlights, March 2016

House Bill Requires that NSF Grants Further “National Interest”
AERA Highlights, February 2016

President Releases FY 2017 Budget Request, Kicking Off Annual Appropriations Process
AERA Highlights, February 2016

AERA, ICPSR, and COSSA Provide Comments on Revisions to Common Rule
AERA Highlights, January 2016

AERA Provides Comments on Education Department Implementation of ESSA
AERA Highlights, January 2016

Budget and Legislative Outlook of Interest to Education Research
AERA Highlights, January 2016

2015


FY 2016 Bill Boosts Funding for Education Research
AERA Highlights, December 2015

Senate Passes Strengthening Education Through Research Act
AERA Highlights, December 2015

Reauthorization of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Crosses Finish Line
AERA Highlights, December 2015

Common Rule Comment Period Extended to January 6, 2016
AERA Highlights, November 2015

National Board for Education Sciences Meets
AERA Highlights, November 2015

AERA Submits Comments on OBSSR Strategic Plan
AERA Highlights, November 2015

White House, Congress Agree to Budget Deal
AERA Highlights, October 2015

Congress Takes Up Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act
AERA Highlights, October 2015

Proposed Common Rule Revisions Released
AERA Highlights, September 2015

Congress Acts to Keep the Federal Government Open
AERA Highlights, September 2015

White House Announces Executive Order on Using Behavioral Science Insights
AERA Highlights, September 2015

Senate Considers NSF Reauthorization, AERA Offers Comments; House Bill Requires NSF Grants in the “National Interest”
AERA Highlights, August 2015

FERPA Bill Introduced in the House
AERA Highlights, August 2015

Impact of Education on Mortality Addressed at Hill Briefing
AERA Highlights, August 2015

NSF and NAEP Boards Advance Education Agenda
AERA Highlights, August 2015

Ruth Neild Named to Lead Institute of Education Sciences
AERA Highlights, July 2015

House and Senate ESEA Bills Advance with Student Privacy Provisions
AERA Highlights, July 2015

House and Senate Appropriations Committees Vote to Cut Education Spending
AERA Highlights, July 2015

“Innovation Imperative” Calls for Restored Federal Commitment to Research and Development
AERA Highlights, July 2015

More than 1,100 Sign Letter Opposing Student Privacy Bill
AERA Highlights, June 2015

House Panel Approves Cuts to Department of Education Funding
AERA Highlights, June 2015

AERA Responds to Call for Public Comment on the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act
AERA Highlights, June 2015

NSF Spending Bills Move Forward
AERA Highlights, June 2015

National Board of Education Sciences to Act on IES Funding, FERPA Concerns
AERA Highlights, June 2015

FERPA Proposals Put Alignment Between Privacy, Data Quality, and Data Use at Risk
AERA Highlights, May 2015


House Action Further Threatens NSF Autonomy, Funding
AERA Highlights, May 2015


Senate HELP Committee Turns Attention to Higher Education
AERA Highlights, May 2015

ACTION ALERT: Senate Student Privacy Bill Threatens Use of Education Data
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Congress Makes Headway on FY 2016 Budget and Appropriations
AERA Highlights, April 2015

AERA Delegation Meets With Capitol Hill and White House Staff
AERA Highlights, March 2015

SBS Campaign Launches 2015 Activities
AERA Highlights, February 2015

AERA Urges Census Bureau to Retain Key Education Indicator in ACS
AERA Highlights, January 2015

2014


Congress Adjourns Without Senate Vote on IES Reauthorization
AERA Highlights, December 2014

Spending Bill Spares Education Research Funding From Major Cuts
AERA Highlights, December 2014

AERA Urges Congress to Safeguard NIH Peer-Review System
AERA Highlights, December 2014

OMB Issues New Statistical Policy Directive
AERA Highlights, December 2014

Education Department Releases Draft Regulations on Teacher Preparation Programs
AERA Highlights, December 2014

White House Announces Education Research Initiatives at College Opportunity Summit
AERA Highlights, December 2014

NSF Releases New Accountability and Transparency Practices
AERA Highlights, December 2014

AERA Urges Lame Duck Congress to Pass Omnibus Funding Bill
AERA Highlights, November 2014

AERA Comments on IES Research Centers’ Advances and Priorities
AERA Highlights, November 2014

AERA Names Juliane Baron Director of Government Relations

AERA Highlights, September 2014

IES Reauthorization, Evaluating Research Outcomes Were Key Topics at OIA Fall Policy Meeting
AERA Highlights, September 2014
AERA Executive Director Comments on Senate IES Reauthorization Bill
AERA Highlights, September 2014

AERA and Partners Urge Senate to Restore NCES Stature
AERA Highlights, August 2014

AERA Comments on OMB Federal Statistical Policy Directive
AERA Highlights, August 2014

Senate Bill Would Provide Boost to NSF

AERA Highlights, August 2014

NSF Appropriations Stall on Senate Floor
AERA Highlights, June 2014


IES to Receive Small Funding Increase in Senate Appropriations Proposal for FY 2015
AERA Highlights, June 2014

AERA and Friends of IES Submit Letter on FY 2015 Appropriations for IES to Senate Appropriations Committee
June 2014

ACTION ALERT: Tell Senate to Reject Amendments that Cut Social Science Funding
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ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Oppose the FIRST Act!
May 19, 2014This action alert is no longer active *

House Passes IES Reauthorization Bill: AERA Prepares for Potential Senate Action
AERA Highlights, May 2014


House Passes NSF Appropriations Bill: Damage to Social and Behavioral Sciences Less Than Feared
AERA Highlights, May 2014

FIRST Act, Slashing SBE Funding, Moves to House Floor
AERA Highlights, May 2014

AERA Features Innovative Research at Capitol Hill Exhibition
AERA Highlights, May 2014

House Committee Advances IES Reauthorization Bill
AERA Highlights, April 2014

Friends of IES Launches Coalition Effort
AERA Highlights, April 2014

National Science Board Warns FIRST Act Would Undercut Science Innovation
AERA Highlights, April 2014

ACTION ALERT: Oppose FIRST Act & Protect NSF Funding  
March 12, 2014 This action alert is no longer active *

AERA Council Endorses Singapore Statement on Research Integrity
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AERA Highlights, February 2014

AERA Urges Expanded Civil Rights Data Collection 
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AERA Highlights, January 2014

AERA Hosts What Works Network Representatives From the UK
AERA Highlights, January 2014

NRC Panel Issues Recommendations on Common Rule
AERA Highlights, January 2014

2013


AERA Executive Director Sends Letter to House Committee Member Miller to Share AERA Task Force Publication Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in U.S. Universities (PDF)
December 11, 2013

AERA Joins with NDD United on Letter on Sequestration Budget Cuts (PDF)
December 4, 2013

GAO Issues Recommendations on IES Performance in Improving Education Research
AERA Highlights, December 2013

America COMPETES Act Reauthorization Raises Concerns for Researchers
AERA Highlights, November 2013

New Initiative Takes Aim at Congressional Attacks on the Social Sciences
AERA Highlights, November 2013

AERA Joins AAAS in Letter to House Chairman Smith on the Importance of Social and Behavioral Science Research (PDF)
October 18, 2013

AERA Comments on Education Department’s Draft Strategic Plan
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AERA Highlights, October 2013

AERA Joins NSF, Rep. Wolf to Promote STEM Careers 
AERA Highlights, October 2013

How the Social and Behavioral Sciences Can Address the U.S. Health Crisis
AERA Highlights, October 2013

House Education Hearing Focuses on Strengthening IES 
AERA Highlights, September 2013

IES and NSF Release Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development 
AERA Highlights, September 2013

House Passes ESEA Reauthorization Bill 
AERA Highlights, August 2013

AERA Executive Director Comments on Supreme Court’s Fisher Ruling 
AERA Highlights, June 2013

AERA Statement on New NSF Research Rules
June 2013

Congressional Briefing Underscores Necessity of IES Research in STEM Education
May 2013

2012


AERA Joins CNSF in Letter to U.S. House in Support of NSF Funding Integrity 
AERA Highlights, June 13, 2012

AERA Submits Comments on Draft IES Scientific Integrity Policy (PDF)
May 15, 2012

AERA Submits Comments on NAEP Background Questions (PDF)
May 4, 2012

AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine Testifies on Appropriations for the National Science Foundation Directorate on Education and Human Resources (PDF)
March 22, 2012

AERA Responds to OSTP Requests for Information on Public Access to Publications and Data Emanating from Federally Funded Research 
AERA Highlights, January 12, 2012

2011 and Earlier

AERA Sends Letter to Senate on the Presidential Appointment Efficiency Act (S. 679), Asks for Positions of the NCES Commissioner and BJS Director to Retain Senate Confirmation
June 20, 2011

AERA Report and Recommendations on the Reauthorization of the Institute of Education Sciences 
April, 2011

AERA Expresses Concern over Visa Problems for International Scholars and Offers Recommendations 
June 2009