FY 2000 Phase I Topics

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

1. Development of Technology for Access and Success for Students and Adults with Disabilities in Education and the Workplace, with a Focus on the Built or Electronic/Information Environments.
   [8 Awards]
2. Development of Assistive Technology to Improve the Functional Ability of Students and Adults with Disabilities.
   [2 Awards]
3. Development of Technologies to Improve the Transition from School-to-Work and Employment for Students and Adults with Disabilities.
   [2 Awards]
4. Research in Positive Behavioral Supports and Independent Living/ Community Integration to Allow Individuals with Emotional, Behavioral, or Life Support Needs to Participate in Educational, Vocational, and Everyday Life Activities.
   [3 Awards]
5. Research on Improving the Sensory or Motor Health and Functional Status of Individuals with Disabilities of All Ages.
   [3 Awards]
6. Research on Technologies or Strategies for All Aspects of Early Intervention in Infants, Toddlers, and Small Children.
   [1 Award]
7. Research, Development, or Outcome Measurements in Cross-Cutting Disability and Rehabilitation Related Technologies and Software.
   [2 Awards]

Office of Educational Research and Improvement

8. Development of Web-Technology Structures to Search Standards-based (pre K-12) Instructional and Assessment Materials.
   [5 Awards]
9. Development of Technology to Code and Access Videos of Teacher Practice in One Content Area for Elementary or Middle or Secondary Instruction.
   [2 Awards]
10. Development of Web-Technology Structures to Facilitate Educational Collaboration Among Teachers and Parents in Middle Schools and High Schools.
    [6 Awards]
11. Development of Technology to Support the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at the Middle School Level.
    [6 Awards]
12. Development of Web-Technology Structures to Facilitate State and Local Education Agency Reporting Through Performance-Based Accountability Systems and Comparisons of Schools and Subsets of Student Populations.
    [7 Awards]

Office of Vocational and Adult Education

13. Development or Adaptation of Innovative Technologies to Assess and Teach Higher-Order Reading and Comprehension Skills:
    • to Secondary Students in Grades 9 through 12; and/or
    • to Adult Learners Who Have Less Than a High School Diploma.
    [2 Awards]

Office of Postsecondary Education

14. Development of Internet-Based Batteries of Chinese and Korean Oral Proficiency Tests at the Advanced Level (according to ACTFL and/or ILR scales).
    [1 Award]