In October 2025, in its response to the RFI seeking input on “how IES can modernize its programs, processes, and priorities to better serve the needs of the field and American students,” the NAEd underscored that any redesign must comply with IES’s Congressional mandates. The NAEd also endorsed recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)’s report, The Future of Education Research at IES: Advancing an Equity-Oriented Science, and offered additional recommendations to ensure that IES continues to play “a critical role in supporting the development of scientifically warranted research to inform the practice of education within schools and across community sites of practice.”
