What Works Clearinghouse What's New
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Study of School Vouchers and College Enrollment is Well Implemented
This 2012 randomized controlled trial examined the effects of the New York School Choice Scholarships Foundation Program on the college enrollment outcomes of 2,600 first- to fifth-grade New York City public school students. The voucher program provided private school vouchers to public school students from low-income families. This is a...
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WWC Reviews Study of Teacher Incentives and Math Achievement
In this 2012 study, researchers examined the impacts of four different types of teacher incentive strategies on student math achievement in nine K–8 public schools in Chicago Heights, Illinois. The four types of incentives experimented with the idea of “loss aversion,” the preference to avoid loss rather than acquire gains,...
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WWC Reviews Study of POWERSOURCE©
The POWERSOURCE© intervention is designed to help teachers provide individual instruction to their students in Algebra I. This study examined the impact of POWERSOURCE© on students in seven districts in Arizona and California during the 2007–08 school year. The randomized controlled trial of the teachers is well-implemented and has low...
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Study of Playworks Program is Well-Implemented
Playworks is a program that utilizes full-time coaches to provide structured play opportunities during recess and class time. This study examined whether using the Playworks program reduced the number of disciplinary referrals in 25 low-income elementary schools in five US cities during the 2010–11 school year. This study is a...
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WWC Quick Review on “The Impact of Dual Enrollment on College Degree Attainment: Do Low-SES Students Benefit?”
This study used data from the National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS:88) to examine the effects of dual enrollment programs for high school students on college degree attainment. Dual enrollment programs allow high school students to take college courses and earn college credits while still in high school.
IES What's New
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Postsecondary Institutions and Price of Attendance in 2012-13; Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2011-12; and 12-Month Enrollment: 2011-12: First Look (Preliminary Data)
This First Look presents preliminary data findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) fall 2012 collection, which included three survey components: Institutional Characteristics for the 2012-13 academic year, Completions covering the period July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012, and data on 12-Month Enrollment for the 2011-12 academic...
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Study of School Vouchers and College Enrollment is Well Implemented
This 2012 randomized controlled trial examined the effects of the New York School Choice Scholarships Foundation Program on the college enrollment outcomes of 2,600 first- to fifth-grade New York City public school students. The voucher program provided private school vouchers to public school students from low-income families. This is a...
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WWC Reviews Study of Teacher Incentives and Math Achievement
In this 2012 study, researchers examined the impacts of four different types of teacher incentive strategies on student math achievement in nine K–8 public schools in Chicago Heights, Illinois. The four types of incentives experimented with the idea of “loss aversion,” the preference to avoid loss rather than acquire gains,...
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IES Releases FY2014 Funding Announcements for Grant Competitions in Education Research and Training
IES has released FY2014 funding announcements for five grant competitions in education research and research training.
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IES Releases FY2014 Funding Announcements for Grant Competitions in Education Research and Training
IES has released FY2014 funding announcements for five grant competitions in education research and research training.
AEA365
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Marc Wheeler and Salem Valentino on Using Infographics to Communicate Evaluation Findings: the Experience of Two Evaluators
Our names are Marc Wheeler and Salem Valentino and we are internal evaluators for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. There is a lot of buzz today about infographics. Many of you may have thought about using infographics in your evaluation reports to try to translate your findings more effectively. ...
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Nichole Stewart on Data Science for Little Data and Big Data in Program Evaluation
Greetings! I’m Nichole Stewart, a doctoral student in UMBC’s Public Policy program in the evaluation and analytical methods track. I currently work as an analyst, data manager, and evaluator across a few different sites including Baltimore Integration Partnership, Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative, and Carson Research Consulting Inc. Lessons Learned: The...
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Clara Hagens on Guidance on Monitoring and Evaluation
I’m Clara Hagens. I work for Catholic Relief Services (CRS) as the Regional Technical Advisor for Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning in Asia. I’d like to share with you a guidance document we have developed to support project teams to operationalize monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plans, big and small, in...
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Susan Kistler on Changes Afoot at the American Evaluation Association
Changes are afoot! My name is Susan Kistler and I am just about to become the American Evaluation Association’s Executive Director emeritus. I’ve written before about my stepping down and my last official day in this position is this coming Monday, May 20. I’ll continue to write for aea365, and...
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AKEN Week: Vanessa Hiratsuka on Continuous Quality Improvement, Quality Assurance, Evaluation, and Research: Where does my project fit?
Hello, I am Vanessa Hiratsuka, secretary of the Alaska Evaluation Network (AKEN) and a senior researcher at Southcentral Foundation (SCF), a tribally owned and managed regional health corporation based in Anchorage, Alaska, which serves Alaska Native and American Indian people. As part of Commitment to Quality, a key organizational value,...
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AKEN Week: kas aruskevich on Strengthening Itinerant Evaluations in Rural Alaska
Greetings! My name is kas aruskevich and I am principal of Evaluation Research Associates LLC. I live in Fairbanks and work primarily in rural Alaska. Alaska is known for its great natural beauty, extreme temperatures, and unique context of diverse and far-flung communities assessable only by air. Alaska is the...
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AKEN Week: Alexandra Hill and Diane Hirshberg on Mixed Methods for Small Sizes and Culturally Responsive Practice
We are Alexandra Hill and Diane Hirshberg, and we are part of the Center for Alaska Education Policy Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage. The evaluation part of our work ranges from tiny projects – just a few hours spent helping someone design their own internal evaluation – to...
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AKEN Week: Alda Norris on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Extension Evaluation in Alaska
Greetings from the Last Frontier. I’m Alda Norris, webmaster for the Alaska Evaluation Network (AKEN) and evaluation specialist for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service (CES). The faculty and staff I work with at CES are experts in a variety of fields, from horticulture, entomology and forestry to...
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AKEN Week: Amelia Ruerup on Understanding Indigenous Evaluation in an Alaskan Context
Hello! My name is Amelia Ruerup, I am Tlingit, originally from Hoonah, Alaska although I currently reside in Fairbanks, Alaska. I have been working part-time in evaluation for over a year at Evaluation Research Associates and have spent approximately five years developing my understanding of Indigenous Evaluation through the mentorship...
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AKEN Week: Corrie Whitmore Introducing the Alaska Evaluation Network
I’m Corrie Whitmore, president of the Alaska Evaluation Network (AKEN) and an internal evaluator working for Southcentral Foundation (SCF). SCF is an Alaska Native owned and operated health care organization serving approximately 60,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Anchorage, the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, and 60 rural villages in...