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It’s No Longer All about the Mean: Using Multi-site Trials to Learn About and From Impact Variation

Randomized trials are rapidly becoming standard practice for evaluation research and applied social science. Hundreds, if not thousands of such trials have been conducted and many more are on the...

Stephen Raudenbush and Howard Bloom

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Does Attending an Elite University Help Low-Income Students? Evidence from Texas

Do scholarship programs that provide academic and social supports help high-achieving, low-income students enroll in and graduate from flagship colleges?

Michael Lovenheim, Rodney Andrews and Scott A Imberman

Cornell University

2015 – 2017

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Research Practice Partnerships at the District Level

This grant will help researchers and district leaders assess the effectiveness of research–practice partnerships and develop and establish processes to improve partnerships’ effectiveness.

Erin Henrick and Paul Cobb

Vanderbilt University

2015 – 2017

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Educating and Engaging State Legislative Leaders on K-12 Education Policy

This grant will support the Aspen Institute and the State Legislative Leaders Foundation’s (SLLF) effort to educate and engage state legislative leaders on K–12 education policy.

Ross Wiener and Danielle Gonzales

Aspen Institute

2015 – 2016
$25,000.00

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Changing School Settings as a Result of Desegregation: Evidence from Randomized Trials

How do desegregation policies and the resulting changes in school settings affect students’ college enrollment, college persistence, and outcomes after college?

Peter Bergman

Columbia University

2015 – 2017

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Howard Bloom

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago and MDRC

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Stephen Raudenbush

Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, Chapin Hall Center for Children and University of Chicago

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Rodney Andrews

Cornell University and University of Texas at Dallas

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Peter Bergman

Columbia University and Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York

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Scott A Imberman

Cornell University and Michigan State University

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Closing the Gaps Between Education Research, Policy, and Practice

Many in Washington have been waiting for education legislation to be taken up by Congress. While slow but steady progress is occurring on the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education...

Maria Ferguson

4/21/2015

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Maria Ferguson

Maria Ferguson is executive director of the Center on Education Policy, a national, independent advocate for public education and for more effective public schools.

George Washington University and The George Washington University

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Measuring Instruction in Higher Education: Summary of Convening

What will it take to improve the quality of instruction in higher education? An important first step is the ability to measure quality. A variety of measurement systems exist, but how informative are...

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Leveling the Playing Field: A Comparative View of U.S. and European Responses to Inequality

How can a global perspective inform policies to reduce social inequality and improve social mobility?

Timothy M. Smeeding

4/14/2015

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Investigating How Research-Practice Partnerships Build the “Absorptive Capacity” of Districts to Use Research Knowledge

How do research–practice partnerships promote the use of research evidence in school districts?

Joshua Glazer and Matt Shirrell

George Washington University

2015 – 2019

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Developing Indicators of Educational Equity

What indicators can help policymakers monitor educational equity?

Constance Citro and Judith Koenig

National Academy of Sciences

2015 – 2019

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Learning about Research Evidence Use in Education and Child Welfare Policymaking

AYPF will use the grant to educate and inform policymakers about the use of research evidence in policy and practice to improve outcomes for young people.

Loretta Goodwin

American Youth Policy Forum

2015 – 2017
$199,979.00

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It’s No Longer All about the Mean: Using Multi-site Trials to Learn About and From Impact Variation

Does Attending an Elite University Help Low-Income Students? Evidence from Texas

Assessing the Effectiveness of Research Practice Partnerships at the District Level

Educating and Engaging State Legislative Leaders on K-12 Education Policy

Changing School Settings as a Result of Desegregation: Evidence from Randomized Trials

Howard Bloom

Stephen Raudenbush

Michael Lovenheim

Rodney Andrews

Ross Wiener

Danielle Gonzales

Peter Bergman

Scott A Imberman

Closing the Gaps Between Education Research, Policy, and Practice

Maria Ferguson

Measuring Instruction in Higher Education: Summary of Convening

Leveling the Playing Field: A Comparative View of U.S. and European Responses to Inequality

Investigating How Research-Practice Partnerships Build the “Absorptive Capacity” of Districts to Use Research Knowledge

Developing Indicators of Educational Equity

Learning about Research Evidence Use in Education and Child Welfare Policymaking

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