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Improving the Quality of Classroom Interactions
The Foundation has funded several innovative classroom interventions designed to alter settings in ways that result in positive outcomes for the youth within them. In order to change a setting for the better, we need to first understand how that setting works. To that end, we have developed a theoretical framework to guide our intervention research and funded a number of studies on the development of reliable and valid measures of classroom processes. Strong theory and good measures are critical components in the development of a thorough understanding of settings.
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When Is the Story in the Subgroups? Strategies for Interpreting and Reporting Intervention Effects for Subgroups
“This revised working paper examines strategies for interpreting and reporting estimates of intervention effects for subgroups of a study sample. The paper considers why and how subgroup findings are important for applied research, alternative ways to define subgroups, different research questions that motivate subgroup analyses, and the importance of prespecifying subgroups before analyses are conducted. […]
Research MethodsAnalyzing Multilevel Trials