National Center for Education Research (NCER)

Organization

NCER is an Institute of Educational Sciences (IES) center that “supports research activities to improve the quality of education and thereby, increase student academic achievement, reduce the achievement gap between high-performing and low-performing students, and increase access to and completion of postsecondary education. NCER also funds predoctoral and postdoctoral research training programs to invest in the training and development of the next generation of education researchers.” (NCER)