By Dr. Joe Tise, Senior Education Researcher, Institute for Advancing Computing Education Measuring teacher knowledge of the CS Teacher Standards can be a first step in growing teachers. To help teachers guide their professional development (PD), the Computer Science...
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Join IACE at the 2026 SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
By Dr. Monica McGill, Founder and CEO, Institute for Advancing Computing Education We're looking forward to sharing our research and learning from others at the SIGCSE Technical Symposium in St. Louis February 18-21, 2026 in St. Louis, Missouri. The Technical...
What Do We Know about the Literacy Development of K-2 Black Boys?
By Dr. Julie M. Smith, Senior Education Researcher, Institute for Advancing Computing Education Literacy skills set the foundation for academic success. Unfortunately, systemic barriers can sometimes prevent students – including young Black boys – from developing...
What Do We Know about Engineering Students Who Are Parents?
By Dr. Julie M. Smith, Senior Education Researcher, Institute for Advancing Computing Education About one-fifth of undergraduates are student parents, and these students are likely to differ somewhat from other students. However, little research has been conducted on...
Coaching to Support CS Teacher Development – Knowledge and Skills
By Dr. Monica McGill, Founder and CEO, Institute for Advancing Computing Education Many teachers in the United States are just starting to learn how to teach computer science (CS). However, the majority do not have others nearby with CS teaching experience to provide...
What Do We Know about How Data Is Used to Improve Interventions for Engineering Students?
By Dr. Julie M. Smith, Senior Education Researcher, Institute for Advancing Computing Education The percent of engineering degrees awarded to people who have not typically pursued engineering has increased since 2010, indicating strides in broadening participation in...
Conducting High-quality Education Research in Computing (2025 SIGCSE Affiliated Event)
Join us on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, from 1-5pm EST, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (the day before ACM SIGCSE) for a workshop on conducting high-quality education research in computing designed to help address disparities in computing education. If...
Validity and Reliability in Qualitative Research
By Dr. Joe Tise, Senior Education Researcher, Institute for Advancing Computing Education In this series we have discovered the many ways in which evidence of validity can be produced and ways in which reliable data can be produced; now, we take a deeper look at...
Reliability in Education Research: A Deeper Examination
By Dr. Joe Tise, Senior Education Researcher, Institute for Advancing Computing Education We can view reliability in education research as inherently linked to measurement error. For example, to be confident in claims we make about something we assess, the assessment...









