2022

The Impact of Early Childhood Education in North Dakota: Non-cognitive Skills

Researchers:
  • Jesse Bruhn
  • Emily Oster
Location:
North Dakota
Type:
  • Pilot project

Providing Comprehensive Community College Support at Scale

Researchers:
Location:
Chicago, IL
Type:
  • Pilot project

Helping Tutors Working with High-Need Students: The Impact of Providing Tutors

Researchers:
Location:
Georgia
Type:
  • Pilot project

Learning Curiosity

Researchers:
  • Ariel Kalil
  • Susan Mayer
Location:
Chicago, IL
Type:
  • Full project

2021

Adopting Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) at Scale

Researchers:
Location:
Puerto Rico
Type:
  • Full project

Ensuring High Quality Assessments in the Baby’s First Years RCT

Location:
New York, New Orleans, Omaha, and the Twin Cities
Type:
  • Full project

Cash Transfers and Parent-Child Interaction

Researchers:
Location:
Oakland, CA
Type:
  • Pilot project

Addressing the COVID Gap Year Among Low-income Students and Students of Color

Researchers:
Location:
Rhode Island
Type:
  • Full project

2020

Addressing Implicit Bias in Higher Education

Researchers:
Location:
Oregon
Type:
  • Full project

Institutional Trust and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital

Researchers:
Type:
  • Project development grant

Expanding Literacy Development in Under-Served Communities: Personalized Instruction in After-School Settings

Researchers:
Location:
Houston, Texas
Type:
  • Full project

Parent Engagement & Action for Kindergarten Success (PEAKS)

Researchers:
  • Ariel Kalil
  • Susan Mayer
Location:
Illinois
Type:
  • Pilot project

Solving the 2 Sigma Problem with Khan Academy: A Pilot Study

Researchers:
Location:
Utah
Type:
  • Pilot project

Understanding the Importance of Summer Learning in a Pandemic

Researchers:
  • Sean Corcoran
  • Chloe Gibbs
  • Sarah Kroeger
  • James Sullivan
Location:
New York, New York
Type:
  • Full project

2019

Quantifying the Impact of Jobs for America's Graduates

Researchers:
Location:
South Bend, IN
Type:
  • Pilot project

“Diamonds in the Rough”: Using Community Information to Target Grants to High Value-Added Students

Researchers:
  • Kadeem Noray
  • Savannah Noray
Location:
Chicago, IL
Type:
  • Project development grant

Evaluation of Talking Points

Researchers:
  • Ariel Kalil
  • Susan Mayer
Location:
United States
Type:
  • Full project

Pocket Aces: Commitment and Incentives Against Smartphone Usage for Students

Researchers:
Location:
United States
Type:
  • Full project

2018

Increasing the Take-up of Cal Grant Awards Through Improved Notification Letter

Researchers:
  • Elizabeth Linos
  • Jesse Rothstein
Location:
California
Type:
  • Full project

My Student's Team

Researchers:
  • Todd Rogers
Location:
Wake County (Raleigh), NC; Manchester, CT; Windsor, CT
Type:
  • Full project

Improving Educational Achievements through Better Sleep Habits

Researchers:
  • Osea Giuntella
  • Zack Goodman
  • Kelly Hyde
  • Silvia Saccardo
  • Sally Sadoff
Location:
Pittsburgh, PA
Type:
  • Full project

2017

An Experimental Evaluation of Philadelphia WorkReady

Researchers:
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Type:
  • Full project

Impact Evaluation of Bridges to Success

Researchers:
Location:
Rochester, NY
Type:
  • Full project

Leveraging Education Technology to Increase Community College Transfer Rates

Researchers:
  • Kelli Bird
  • Ben Castleman
Location:
Virginia
Type:
  • Full project

Bridging the Digital Divide: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Providing Internet Access

Researchers:
Location:
United States
Type:
  • Full project

2016

GoSection8 (Informing and Nudging Families to Opportunity)

Researchers:
Location:
King County, WA
Type:
  • Full project

Increasing Degree Attainment of Low-Income Community College Students

Researchers:
Location:
Chicago, IL
Type:
  • Full project

Financial Aid Information and College Applications: The Role School Counselors Play

Researchers:
  • Phil Levine
Location:
United States
Type:
  • Pilot project

Big Word Club Evaluation

Researchers:
Location:
United States
Type:
  • Other

2015

Can (E)mail Improve the Effectiveness of BMI Reporting?

Researchers:
  • Douglas Almond
  • Amy Ellen Schwartz
Type:
  • Pilot project

One Summer Chicago Plus

Location:
Chicago, IL
Type:
  • Full project

Understanding the Potential of Summer Jobs Programs

Researchers:
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Type:
  • Pilot project

Increasing the Reach of Promising Dropout Prevention Programs

Researchers:
Location:
United States
Type:
  • Full project

Student Coaching: How Far Can Technology Go?

Researchers:
Location:
Toronto, ON
Type:
  • Pilot project

2014

Stay the Course

Location:
Fort Worth, TX
Type:
  • Full project

Improving academic outcomes for disadvantaged youth: a randomized experiment in Chicago

Researchers:
Location:
Chicago, IL
Type:
  • Full project

The (Null) Impact of Tax Credit Information on College Enrollment in Texas

Researchers:
Location:
Texas
Type:
  • Pilot project

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