Background Low levels of numeracy and literacy skills are associated with a range of
negative outcomes later in life, such as reduced earnings and health. Obtaining information …

We conducted a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of cooperative and collaborative
learning to support enhanced literacy outcomes. Interventions considered were provided in …

There are a growing number of large-scale educational randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
Considering their expense, it is important to reflect on the effectiveness of this approach. We …

Randomized field experiments designed to better understand the production of human
capital have increased exponentially over the past several decades. This chapter …

This article discusses the strategic scaling up of evidence-based practices. The authors
draw from the scholarly work of fellow special education researchers and from the field of …

At first glance, it looks like any other afterschool program. A group of students is playing
basket ball on the far side of the room, others are getting a jump-start on homework, and a …

Sixty fourth-and fifth-grade general education teachers were randomly assigned to teach
Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR; Klingner, Vaughn, Boardman, & Swanson, 2012), a …

Policymakers are increasingly turning to insights gained from the experimental method as a
means to inform large-scale public policies. Critics view this increased usage as premature …

Why, when so many educational interventions demonstrate positive impact in tightly
controlled efficacy trials, are null results common in follow-up effectiveness trials? Using …

Replication studies are extremely rare in education. This randomized controlled trial (RCT)
is a scale-up replication of Fuchs et al., which in a sample of 139 found a statistically …