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Brandon Sepulvado; Jennifer Hamilton – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Background: Traditional survey efforts to gather outcome data at scale have significant limitations, including cost, time, and respondent burden. This pilot study explored new and innovative large-scale methods of collecting and validating data from publicly available sources. Taking advantage of emerging data science techniques, we leverage…
Descriptors: Automation, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Validity
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Bloom, Howard S.; Porter, Kristin E.; Weiss, Michael J.; Raudenbush, Stephen – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
To date, evaluation research and policy analysis have focused mainly on average program impacts and paid little systematic attention to their variation. Recently, the growing number of multi-site randomized trials that are being planned and conducted make it increasingly feasible to study "cross-site" variation in impacts. Important…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Policy, Evaluation Research, Randomized Controlled Trials
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Duflo, Annie; Kiessel, Jessica – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Rigorous evidence from around the world has shown that significant improvements in learning can be obtained at comparatively low cost by spending more, focused time ensuring that the bottom half of the class in the early grades does not get left behind. The authors present results from the Teacher Community Assistant Initiative (TCAI) that tests…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Remedial Instruction, Remedial Programs, Developing Nations
Spybrook, Jessaca; Lininger, Monica; Cullen, Anne – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The purpose of this study is to extend the work of Spybrook and Raudenbush (2009) and examine how the research designs and sample sizes changed from the planning phase to the implementation phase in the first wave of studies funded by IES. The authors examine the impact of the changes in terms of the changes in the precision of the study from the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Sampling, Research Design, Planning
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Vig, Rozy; Taylor, Megan W.; Star, Jon R.; Chao, Theodore – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
The concept of "implementation fidelity" is broadly used to capture the extent to which an intervention is executed as intended by the designers of the intervention (Century, Rudnick, & Freeman, 2010; Huntley, 2005, McNaught, Tarr, & Sears, 2010, Munter, 2010). Though implementation fidelity instruments are often used to assess…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Barriers, Intervention
Williams, Jeffrey M.; Landry, Susan H.; Anthony, Jason L.; Swank, Paul R. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
The primary study objective was to develop a statewide system that made use of information about the pre-kindergarten program in combination with kindergarten reading and social outcome measures in order to inform parents about the ability of early childhood programs to prepare children for formal schooling. In order to carry out this objective,…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Web Sites, Certification, Program Evaluation