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What works in education Don’t let perfection be the enemy of the good

Explore the impact of theory-guided Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) in education, highlighting correlation, causal inference, and policy implications for effective teaching methods. Discover the benefits and limitations of these research methods.

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What works in education Don’t let perfection be the enemy of the good

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  1. What works in educationDon’t let perfection be the enemy of the good Grover (Russ) Whitehurst, Ph.D. Senior Fellow & The Herman and George Brown Chair Director of the Brown Center on Education Policy The Brookings Institution Washington, DC, USA

  2. Impressive progress in use of RCTs in education Studies meeting WWC evidence standards http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/detail?accno=EJ971069

  3. Impressive yields from RCTs http://economics.mit.edu/files/6335

  4. Correlation can support causal inference: the logic of disconfirmation http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/reports/2012/2/brown-center/0216_brown_education_loveless.pdf

  5. Correlation again http://obs.rc.fas.harvard.edu/chetty/value_added.html

  6. Causal inference with “weak” methods http://obs.rc.fas.harvard.edu/chetty/value_added.html

  7. Correlation and policy, again http://tntp.org/assets/documents/TNTP_Irreplaceables_ExecSum_2012.pdf

  8. Theory guided RCTs http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/Opfer_Siegler12.pdf

  9. Theory guided RCTs http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/sieg-cdper09.pdf

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