About the Education Research Center
Who We Are
The Texas A&M University Education Research Center (ERC) was established as a university-wide research center in 2007, with the mission to investigate the nature of educational practice and school resources and to examine their impact on student learning and achievement gaps.
The ERC thrives off of interdisciplinary collaboration and consists of renown faculty from across Texas A&M University. The ERC is housed within the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture in the College of Education and Human Development. It engages all other departments within the College, including the Departments of Education Administration and Human Resource Development; Educational Psychology; and Kinesiology and Sport Management.
The ERC also engages the Bush School of Government and Public Service. Collectively, we have a joint Program in Education Policy that seeks to engage individuals interested in research in education policy through a Masters and doctorate program at TAMU. We also have scholars in Sociology, Economics and beyond. Please visit our Faculty page for current participating scholars.
Collectively, scholars are experts in an extensive range of educational topics from early childhood through adult learning. We have published in top peer-reviewed journals, contributed to national and state educational discussions, and have received numerous grants and contracts from federal and local sponsors.
What We Do
The ERC offers a suite of services around research, evaluation, consultation, and practice.
For Faculty:
- Research (content and methodological) expertise
- Project proposal and execution (e.g., grant proposal, bureaucratic aspects such as navigating IRBs, DUAs, MOUs)
- High-quality staff and GA support
- Support on and marketing of public dissemination of research (e.g., policy briefs, reports, OpEds)
- Database development and management
- Access to ERC space
For Practitioners:
- Research and evaluation design
- Formative and summative evaluation design and implementation
- Logic model development
- Needs assessment
- Research literature review, pertinent to individual programs
- Instrument development