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What Works Clearinghouse, 2018
Underlying all What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) products are WWC Study Review Guides, which are intended for use by WWC certified reviewers to assess studies against the WWC evidence standards. As part of an ongoing effort to increase transparency, promote collaboration, and encourage widespread use of the WWC standards, the Institute of Education…
Descriptors: Guides, Research Design, Research Methodology, Program Evaluation
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Dawson, Anneka; Yeomans, Emily; Brown, Elena Rosa – Educational Research, 2018
Background: The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is an independent charity that was established in 2011 with the explicit aim of breaking the link between family income and educational achievement in England. Over the seven years since its inception, EEF has contributed to the existing evidence base by funding over one hundred randomised…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Randomized Controlled Trials, Research Problems
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Slavin, Robert E. – Educational Researcher, 2008
Syntheses of research on educational programs have taken on increasing policy importance. Procedures for performing such syntheses must therefore produce reliable, unbiased, and meaningful information on the strength of evidence behind each program. Because evaluations of any given program are few in number, syntheses of program evaluations must…
Descriptors: Research Design, Program Evaluation, Effect Size, Synthesis
Allen, Tiffany; Bronte-Tinkew, Jacinta – Child Trends, 2008
Many out-of-school time programs want to learn more about how the children and youth they serve are faring. Outcome evaluations allow programs to do just that. This brief provides a basic review of outcome evaluations, discusses why they are important and when they are useful, and presents guidelines, strategies, and techniques for their use in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Evaluation Methods, Data Collection, Program Effectiveness
Herman, Joan L.; Yamashiro, Kyo; Lefkowitz, Sloane; Trusela, Lee Ann – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2008
This study examined the relationship between data use and achievement at 13 urban Title I schools. Using multiple methods, including test scores, district surveys, school transformation plans, and four case study site visits, the researchers found wide variation in the use of data to inform instruction and planning. In some cases, schools were …
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Scores, Data Analysis
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Nance, Earthea – American Journal of Evaluation, 2005
A multistakeholder evaluation procedure is presented to address the many challenges in evaluating the performance of condominial sewer projects in Brazil. Condominial sewerage is a promising appropriate technology that is coproduced by users and public agencies, but little is known about project performance. This article shows that…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Public Health