Jake AndersAug 22, 2023

Over the past 20 years, randomised trials have become an increasingly important part of the research landscape in education. I've been part of that, particularly in work funded by the UK's EEF.

But have randomised trials delivered everything we wanted them to? No.

Show threadJake AndersAug 22, 2023

That's why, in new work with Sam Sims, Matthew Inglis, Hugo Lortie-Forgues, Ben Weidmann & Ben Styles, we're advocating for changes in how RCTs are used in education.

https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:ucl:cepeow:23-07

EconPapers: Experimental education research: rethinking why, how and when to use random assignment

By Sam Sims, Jake Anders, Matthew Inglis, Hugues Lortie-Forgues, Ben Styles and Ben Weidmann; Abstract: Over the last twenty years, education researchers have increasingly conducted randomised experiments with the goal of

Show threadProf Prachi Srivastava

@jakeanders

Just finished reading this. Great paper. You address many of the issues regarding the blanket 'gold standard' claims of RCTs and suggest more nuance. Thanks for this.

Aug 25, 2023 at 8:22pmWeb
Show threadJake AndersAug 27, 2023
@prachisrivas Thanks for your comments. Much appreciated. We do hope it provides a framework for exactly that kind of conversation on methods and how best to use what when.