Principal Investigator, Develop and Test an Education Leadership Performance Assessment. Wallace Foundation-funded at $1.5 million over
three years (July 2005-August 2008).

Co-Director, System-Wide Change for All Learners and Educators. National Science Foundation-funded at $35 million over 5 years (January 2003-December 2007).

Co-Director, Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL). National Science Foundation-funded at $10 million over 5 years (January 2003-August 2003).

Co-Principal Investigator, Longitudinal Design to Measure Effects of MSP Professional Development in Improving Quality of Instruction in Mathematics and Science Education. National Science Foundation-funded at $1.5 million over 3 years (October 2002-September 2005).

Co-Principal Investigator, Experimental Design to Measure Effects of Assisting Teachers in Using Data on Enacted Curriculum to Improve Effectiveness of Instruction in Mathematics and Science Education. National Science Foundation-funded at $1.5 million over 3 years (December 2001-December 2004).

Co-Principal Investigator, Improving Effectiveness of Instruction in Mathematics and Science with Data on Enacted Curriculum. National Science Foundation-funded at $1.5 million over 3 years (December 2000-December 2003).

Principal Investigator, The Longitudinal Evaluation of the Effectiveness of School Interventions. U.S. Department of Education-funded at $2.26 million (October 2000-October 2001).

Principal Investigator, National Study of Title I Schools. U.S. Department of Education-funded at $1.9 million (October 2000-October 2001).

Principal Investigator, Evaluation of the Eisenhower Professional Development Program State and Local Activities. U.S. Department of Education-funded at $1.5 million (March 1997-July 2000).

Director, National Institute for Science Education. National Science Foundation-funded at $2.0 million per year (July 1995-June 2000).

Principal Investigator, Consortium for Policy Research in Education. Wisconsin work OERI-funded at $.3 million per year (December 1987-November 1990 and December 1990-November 1995, March 1996-April 2001).

Principal Investigator, Developing Opportunity-to-Learn Indicators of the Content of Instruction. National Center for Education Statistics-funded at $160,000 (November 1994-October 1995).

Principal Investigator, Center for Organization and Restructuring of Schools. OERI-funded at $1.6 million per year (November 1990-September 1995).

Co-Principal Investigator (with Mike Kirst), Reform Up Close, National Science Foundation-funded at $470,000 per year (July 1989-June 1991).

Senior Consultant, Center for the Teaching and Learning of Elementary Subjects. OERI-funded at $.5 million per year (October 1987-September 1992).

Director, Science and Mathematics Support Teacher Program. Michigan State University, American Federation of Teachers, Toledo Public Schools and National Science Foundation-funded (Fall 1987-Spring 1989).

Co-Director (with Jere Brophy), Institute for Research on Teaching. NIE-funded at approximately $2.0 million per year (October 1981-September 1986; Associate Director, September 1979-July 1, 1981).

Director, Content Determinants Project, Institute for Research on Teaching, Michigan State University. NIE-funded at approximately $120,000 per year (September 1976-August 1986).

Co-Director (with J. Nickerson), post-doctoral program in educational research for minorities and women. NIE-funded for three years at approximately $80,000 per year.

Director, General Motors Institute Intern Program. GMI-funded beginning 1983-84 at $17,000 per year.

Chief Analyst, National evaluation of home day care: An observation study. Project at SRI International with ACYF funding at $900,000 over three years starting January 1976.

Chief Analyst, National evaluation of Teacher Corps. Project at SRI International with OE funding at approximately $1 million per year (August 1978-August 1981).

Director, Project to evaluate the TABA teaching strategies project in the Lansing Public Schools. Funded by Michigan Department of Education (July 1972-August 1973).