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Baird, Matthew D.; Pane, John F. – Educational Researcher, 2019
Evaluators report effects of education initiatives as standardized effect sizes, a scale that has merits but obscures interpretation of the effects' practical importance. Consequently, educators and policymakers seek more readily interpretable translations of evaluation results. One popular metric is the number of years of learning necessary to…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Policy, Evaluators
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Dynarski, Mark – Educational Researcher, 2008
Research syntheses are appealing because they enable decision makers to determine quickly whether policies, programs, and practices will have effects on student achievement and, if so, the magnitudes of the likely effects. Such syntheses should present objective, clear, scientifically accurate, and defensible evidence in terms that educators can…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Synthesis, Inferences, Data Interpretation
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Chatterji, Madhabi – Educational Researcher, 2008
Traditional methods for preparing systematic reviews and syntheses of effectiveness studies rely on a limited set of methodological criteria to include studies that measure and report effects too narrowly to forward the mission of evidence-based practice. This article discusses why and how the criteria for study selection, evidence screening, and…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria