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The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy wound down its operations in the spring of 2015, and the Coalition’s leadership and core elements of the group’s work have been integrated into the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (as described here). This website is no longer updated, but will remain available. Its key content will soon be migrated to http://www.arnoldfoundation.org/initiative/evidence-based-policy-innovation/, and will be regularly updated on that site.

Videos

How to Read Research Findings to Distinguish Evidence-Based Programs from Everything Else

Series 1: Increasing Government Effectiveness Through Rigorous Evidence About What Works

Video 1: Why Evidence-Based Policy?
Video 2: Recent Developments in Congress, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the federal agencies
Video 3: What Kinds of Evidence are Needed to Increase Government Effectiveness?
Series 2: How to Read a Study and Assess Whether it Produced Valid Evidence of Effectiveness

Video 1: Key Elements of a Well-Conducted Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
Video 2: Which Comparison Group ("Quasi-Experimental") Studies are Most Likely to Produce Valid Evidence of Effectiveness?
Documents referenced in the videos:

Checklist For Reviewing a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Social Program or Project, To Assess Whether It Produced Valid Evidence, 2010 (.pdf, 6 pages + cover)

Which Comparison-Group ("Quasi-Experimental") Study Designs are Most Likely to Produce Valid Estimates of a Program's Impact?: A Brief Overview and Sample Review Form, 2012 (.pdf, 3 pages + appendix)

These workshop videos and materials are in the public domain. Authorization to use or reproduce them, in whole or in part, for educational purposes is granted. Funding contributions from individual donors and philanthropic foundations enable us to provide these resources free of charge.


Why Evidence-Based Policy?

Recent Developments in Congress, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and the federal agencies

What Kinds of Evidence are Needed to Increase Government Effectiveness?

Key Elements of a Well-Conducted Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)

Which Comparison Group ("Quasi-Experimental") Studies are Most Likely to Produce Valid Evidence of Effectiveness?

Note

The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy wound down its operations in the spring of 2015, and the Coalition’s leadership and core elements of the group’s work have been integrated into the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (as described here). This website is no longer updated, but will remain available. Its key content will soon be migrated to the Laura and John Arnold Foundation's Evidence-Based Policy and Innovation site, and will be regularly updated there.