Critical Issues and Common Pitfalls in Designing and Conducting Impact Studies in Education: Lessons Learned from the What Works Clearinghouse (Phase I)

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Title: Critical Issues and Common Pitfalls in Designing and Conducting Impact Studies in Education: Lessons Learned from the What Works Clearinghouse (Phase I)
Abstract/Description: Drawing on our five years of experience developing WWC evidence standards and reviewing studies against those standards as well as current literature on the design of impact studies, we highlight in this paper some of the most critical issues and common pitfalls in designing and conducting impact studies in education, and provide practical guidance on addressing these issues and avoiding common pitfalls. This paper serves as a quick reference guide for researchers who design and conduct impact studies in education and related fields. Information presented in this paper may also help research users make better informed judgments about the quality of the research and the credibility of the evidence produced from the research.
Author/creator: Song, Mengli; Herman, Rebecca
Date: 2010
In publication: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Volume: 32
Issue: 3
Pages: 351-371
Resource type: en Background/Context
Medium: en Print
Background/context type: en Conceptual
Keywords: research methodology; program evaluation; experimental design
Featured case/project: What Works Clearinghouse (WWC)
Open access/free-text available: en No
Peer reviewed: en Yes
Language: en
ISSN: 0162-3737
DOI: 10.3102/0162373710373389
URL: Official Publisher's Webpage (SAGE)
Citation: Song, M., & Herman, R. (2010). Critical Issues and Common Pitfalls in Designing and Conducting Impact Studies in Education: Lessons Learned From the What Works Clearinghouse (Phase I). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 32(3), 351–371. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373710373389
Cited in: The Policy Context of United States Educational Innovation and Improvement
Abbreviation: Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Item sets: Oxford Bibliography: The Policy Context of United States Educational Innovation and Improvement

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