WWC: Designing Strong Studies: A What Works Clearinghouse Webinar for Researchers
This interactive webinar looked at how to design strong studies testing the effectiveness of interventions in schools and classrooms, drawing on WWC resources to explain how to design and execute strong studies, with specific examples for studying interventions targeting teachers.
Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, the webinar helped participants learn about the key features of strong effectiveness studies and how to embed those features in their own research. The presentation included guidance on how to develop the strongest study design possible, identify and maintain a research sample, plan for and collect all necessary data, and conduct analysis so that a study is consistent with WWC’s rigorous design standards. The presenters also recommended strategies to prevent or address some of the common pitfalls in effectiveness research.
