No Spin, Just Evidence
We seek to distinguish credible findings of program effectiveness from the many others that claim to be, through an easy-to-read, no-spin digest of recent program evaluation findings.
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We seek to distinguish credible findings of program effectiveness from the many others that claim to be, through an easy-to-read, no-spin digest of recent program evaluation findings.
February 7, 2022 | Early Childhood, Social Policy - General
Highlights: We discuss the value and feasibility of “prespecification” – the publication of a study’s analysis plan prior to estimating program impacts – and provide an illustration using a recently published study. In part, prespecification is intended to protect...April 14, 2021 | Postsecondary Education
Highlights: Replication of promising findings from initial randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is critical to building evidence that policymakers and program operators can rely on. We discuss findings of replication RCTs of two programs that showed the potential, in...December 15, 2020 | Employment/Welfare
New findings from a national randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Year Up workforce training program show earnings gains of 30-40% ($7,000-$8,000) per year, sustained over five years, for low-income, mainly minority young adults.These earnings gains are among the largest ever found in a high-quality RCT in the field of workforce development…
October 5, 2020 | Social Policy - General
Recent randomized controlled trials (RCTs) refute the claim that hydroxychloroquine is a viable medical intervention for COVID-19, and show that policymakers erred in touting its effectiveness based on less rigorous studies. The lesson? It’s critical to build and...July 31, 2020 | Social Policy - General
Highlights: We discuss recent findings of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the federal Assets for Independence (AFI) program, designed to help low-income families increase savings so as to build asset ownership (e.g., ownership of a home or business, or...July 21, 2020 | Employment/Welfare
Highlights: We discuss newly-published long-term findings from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the federal Job Corps program, the nation’s largest residential career training program for at-risk youth. We believe this was a well-conducted RCT that,...April 20, 2020 | Employment/Welfare
Highlights: New findings from a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Nevada’s Reemployment and Eligibility Assessment (REA) program for unemployment claimants show that this low-cost program—$250 per participant—produced earnings gains of 15 percent ($8,460)...March 13, 2020 | Postsecondary Education
Highlights: This report highlights new findings from a large, high-quality randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the ASAP program for low-income community college students in Ohio. The study found that the program nearly doubled students’ rate of college graduation...January 29, 2020 | Health Care Delivery
Highlights: This report discusses new findings from a well-conducted randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Camden Coalition’s hotspotting program for patients with very high use of health care services (“superutilizers”). The program has been heralded in the...December 12, 2019 | Social Policy - General
Highlights: Well-conducted randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the strongest method of evaluating a program’s effectiveness. But, for some programs, RCT evidence may not be available. In these cases, policy officials often look to...