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Direct linkStockard, Jean; Wood, Timothy W. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2017
Most evaluators have embraced the goal of evidence-based practice (EBP). Yet, many have criticized EBP review systems that prioritize randomized control trials and use various criteria to limit the studies examined. They suggest this could produce policy recommendations based on small, unrepresentative segments of the literature and recommend a…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice, Criticism, Randomized Controlled Trials
Download full textPiper, Benjamin – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
If children do not learn how to read in the first few years of primary school, they at greater risk of dropping out. It is therefore crucial to identify and test interventions that have the potential of making a large impact, can be implemented quickly, and are affordable to be taken to scale by the Kenyan government. This paper presents the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Multilingualism, Skill Development
