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Before you evaluate a curriculum, fix the construct
A state government commissioned an RCT of a critical thinking curriculum. Designing the trial is straightforward. Deciding what it measures is harder.
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School vouchers in Old Delhi: India's first education RCT for girls
In 2010, we gave families in Old Delhi vouchers for private school fees to test whether cost was the barrier to girls' enrolment. The answer went beyond the voucher.
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Measuring joy in a classroom
When you put art in a government school, how do you evaluate what it does to the children? The standard instruments fail. We tried anyway.
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What counts as impact in edtech?
When every edtech product defines impact differently, funders and schools have no way to compare them. A note on building a common framework for a sector that resists one.
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