Research
PBS KIDS LAB is funded by a 5-year Ready To Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The Department requires all of its grant recipients to conduct research in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the materials and products that are created with the grant money. This section includes reports on all the research and evaluation studies that have been conducted to date on the PBS KIDS games and other learning resources that are on PBS KIDS LAB.
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Needs Assessments
This type of research helps us find out what kinds of learning resources are currently available to parents, teachers, and children.
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Context Studies
Context studies help us learn about the homes, schools, and other places where the materials we develop are being used.
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Pilot Tests
When PBS KIDS comes up with a new game, show, or resource for parent or teachers, we like to test them out to make sure they work as well as we think they will. So we do a "pilot test."
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Summary Reports
Summary Reports provide an overview of all the research studies that have been conducted on PBS KIDS educational resources in a given year
