How to Help Low-performing Schools Improve
By Thomas Wei, Evaluation Team LeaderNOTE: Since 2009, the Department of Education has invested more than $6 billion in School Improvement Grants (SIG). SIG provided funds to the nation’s persistently...
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By Thomas Wei, Evaluation Team Leader, NCEENOTE: In an effort to turn around the nation’s chronically low-performing schools, the Department of Education injected more than $6 billion into the federal...
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By Elizabeth Warner, Team Leader for Teacher Evaluations, NCEEThese days, people want answers to their questions faster than ever, and education research and evaluation is no exception. In an ideal...
View ArticleWhy We Still Can Learn from Evaluations that Find No Effects
By Thomas Wei, Evaluation Team LeaderAs researchers, we take little pleasure when the programs and policies we study do not find positive effects on student outcomes. But as J.K. Rowling, author of the...
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