CIRE: Projects and Clients: Building Capacity to Understand and Use Evidence

Projects and Clients: Building Capacity to Understand and Use Evidence

CIRE projects related to building capacity to understand and use evidence involve conducting systematic reviews to identify programs, policies, or practices with evidence of effectiveness and developing and conducting trainings on the appropriate use of evidence in decision making.

Learn more about how CIRE can address your needs to better understand and use research. Use the links below for descriptions of the work we do.

Featured Projects

Analytic and Technical Support for Advancing Education Evaluations

Building the Evidence Base for the CHCS Return on Investment Forecasting Calculator

Consulting Services on Examination of Activities Concerning the Social Assistance System Monitoring and Evaluation in Ukraine

Development of Physician Quality Measures

Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances

Evaluation of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Approaches

Evaluation of the AT&T Foundation’s Aspire Program

Evidence Scan of Work Experience Programs

Head Start Research to Practice: Assessing Evidence-Based Head Start Program Activities

Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness

Impact Evaluation Design and Implementation Services–Education and Training and Productive Development for El Salvador

Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program Quality Reviews

Supporting Evidence-Based Home Visiting to Prevent Child Maltreatment

What Works Clearinghouse

Featured Clients

AT&T Foundation

Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Millennium Challenge Corporation

Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine

REDF

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    –Administration for Children and Families
        Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation
    –Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Events and Recent Work

Webinar: "Effectively Using QRIS Data and Research to Inform Program Design and Management: Sharing New Tools and State Experiences"—November 10, 2011
Education Week blog quotes speakers from our CIRE forum.
Forum: "GPRA Modernization: How Can Federal Agencies and States Deliver High-Quality Data?" October 2011
New report: "Evaluating ARRA Programs and Other Educational Reforms: A Guide for States"
Webinar recording: Replicating Home Visiting Programs with Fidelity: A Useful Pathway for Improving Quality and Maximizing Outcomes
Forum/webinar recording: Charter School Effectiveness: Putting It in Perspective
Systematic review of pregnancy prevention programs conducted for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Technical methods reports for the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences
Evidence scan of work experience programs for REDF’s successful Social Innovation Fund (SIF) application