Monitoring, Evaluation,
and Research
Our MER Team collects and analyzes national data to identify needs, guide research, and inform action. By listening to families, professionals, and communities across the country, we turn insights into meaningful change for deaf education.
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What does monitoring, evaluation, and research (MER) do? MER collects, analyzes, and reports data for three main entities: school accountability, school priorities, for example, the school’s accreditation, and the national work priorities. These three areas support two important Federal laws, the first being the Education of the Deaf Act (EDA), and the second, Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Those two federal laws are important. MER works to support the Clerc Center in its research, development and dissemination of school accountability.
Public Input
The Clerc Center collects public input about the needs of deaf and hard of hearing children from birth through high school as well as about their families and the professionals who work with them. This input informs the Clerc Center’s national priorities, development, and demonstration activities.
Evaluation Agenda
The Clerc Center’s Evaluation Agenda was established in the spring of 2022 to align evaluation priorities with its strategic plan priorities and with the Clerc Center’s EDA mandate to develop and disseminate innovative curricula, instructional techniques and strategies, and material throughout the nation.
Research Agenda
The Research Agenda is intended to guide research activities that are aligned with the Clerc Center’s Strategic Plans in accordance with the requirements of the Education of the Deaf Act
Procedure for Research Requests
The Clerc Center has a research request procedure for all researchers who are interested in obtaining a letter of support, recruiting potential participants from the Clerc Center, and/or conducting a research study at the Clerc Center.
