The Evidence About What Works in Education: Graphs to Illustrate External Validity and Construct Validity

Insights from the Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) programme

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
23 July 2018
Document Type:
Discussion Paper
Theme:
Education
First published:
1 June 2017
Authors:
Pritchett, L

Abstract

Currently, the bulk of the new empirical work on estimating the impact on learning of various education projects/programmes/policies, while based on sound principles of estimating causal impacts, is far too inadequately theorised and specified to be of much immediate and direct use in formulating effective action to accelerate learning. Therefore, just 바카라 사이트渕ore of the same바카라 사이트� empirical research is unlikely to be of much help or to add up to a coherent action or research agenda as it faces massive challenges of external and construct validity.

The RISE research agenda is moving forward by:

  • embedding research into a prior diagnostic of the overall system which allows a more precise characterisation of what 바카라 사이트渃ontext바카라 사이트� might mean;

  • evaluating on-going attempts at education reform at scale (rather than isolated field experiments);

  • specificity about the details of programme/project/policy design;

  • acknowledgment that policy relevant learning is itself part of the system, not a one-off exercise.

This work is part of the Department for International Development바카라 사이트檚 바카라 사이트楻esearch on Improving Systems of Education바카라 사이트� (RISE) Programme

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Pritchett, L. The Evidence About What Works in Education: Graphs to Illustrate External Validity and Construct Validity. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE) Insights

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