INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCING COMPUTING EDUCATION

Programs

1. Practice-based research for ongoing and actionable guidance in cs education (proact-cs) is a consortium-based effort to discover the long-term impacts of computing education on students. Led by the Institute for Advancing Computing Education.

   $136,103 spent
   29% of program spending

2. The k12 metasynthesis research project is designed to explore how to identify and synthesize literature reviews for cs education.

   $61,862 spent
   13% of program spending

3. Developing guidance for the use of artificial intelligence in stem education research (graiser) is a study focused on developing a set of guidelines for responsible use of ai in stem education research.

   $41,389 spent
   9% of program spending

4. The computer science (cs) teacher professional development (pd) passport alliance is an implementation project with a research component. Iace is conducting the research on how often the digital platform passport is used, by whom, and if it supports k-12 teachers needs.

   $40,485 spent
   9% of program spending

5. Csta teacher pd evaluation is a research study iace conducted focused on exploring how to develop assessments for teachers and pre-service teachers to use to self-assess their understanding of teacher standards.

   $35,813 spent
   8% of program spending

6. Platform research on 3-8 grade teachers is a study that investigated the needs and usability of the experience cs platform for teaching students computer science.

   $22,692 spent
   5% of program spending

7. Leveraging literacy instruction to build perceptions that k-2 students belong in computing is a research study that investigates the foundational knowledge for what teachers who teach english language arts to students identify as problems of practice. The outcome is to create a plan for integrating computer science into reading and writing so that standards for both subject areas are met and students increase their cs knowledge and sense of belonging.

   $19,997 spent
   4% of program spending

8. In the coaching high school teachers project, iace conducted research on coaching computer science high school teachers in teaching computer science in ways that are tailored to their classrooms and students.

   $17,247 spent
   4% of program spending

9. Reimagining cs pathways is a project that studied the future needs of cs across high schools in the united states, resulting in reports and recommendations for teaching cs in high schools over the next decade.

   $16,937 spent
   4% of program spending

10. The computer science teacher licensure landscape study is a research study comparing teacher certification and licensure across all states that require cs teaching licenses.

    $14,763 spent
    3% of program spending

11. The responsible ai data analysis and report writing project involved partners convening experts in ai and/or education to articulate priorities for ai education. Iace gathered, analyzed, and synthesized data and wrote the report ai learning priorities for all k-12 students, which served as a basis for the ai content in the newly revised csta computer science learning standards.

    $14,402 spent
    3% of program spending

12. The csforme: integrating computer science and computational thinking in maines rural high schools project is a research study investigating how to support and grow computer science education in rural maine communities.

    $12,790 spent
    3% of program spending

13. Ai as the coding partner: instructional practices for artificial intelligence pair programming in high school computer science is a research study focused on exploring the use of ai in teaching computer programming.

    $11,270 spent
    2% of program spending

14. The engineering plus project was a research study focused on the widespread adoption of high-impact practices proven to increase diversity in engineering education. The iace team participated in the identification of high-impact practices and original research related to barriers and supports for those studying engineering.

    $9,414 spent
    2% of program spending

15. Building knowledge in computing through early literacy strategies is a research project that is designed to co-create a set of books for k-2nd grade students and guidelines for k-2nd grade teachers. The books are designed to teach literacy and computer science skills.

    $6,669 spent
    1% of program spending

16. Identifying ai priorities for all k-12 students

    $5,437 spent
    1% of program spending

17. The scriptcrew tennessee project was focused on improving cs access, opportunities, and outcomes for students in tennessee in rural communities.

    $2,606 spent
    1% of program spending

18. In the research consultation and promotion support of collaborative research on expanding subgoal labels for imperative programming project, our team provided dissemination support on research findings for a subgoal label project for a client.

    $1,993 spent
    0% of program spending

19. Illinois landscape study is a study of computer science education in k-12 across the state of illinois.

    $1,092 spent
    0% of program spending

20. The building capacity of k-12 access and opportunity to computer science education focused on how to consider the variables that impact access to and opportunity for computer science among schools and students.

    $993 spent
    0% of program spending

21. The missouri landscape study was completed in early 2025 and provided a landscape of k-12 cs education in missouri.

    $180 spent
    0% of program spending

The 21 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $474,134.