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ERIC Number: ED616509
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Dec
Pages: 54
Abstractor: As Provided
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Branching Out: Using Decision Trees to Inform Education Decisions. REL 2022-133
Seftor, Neil; Shannon, Lisa; Wilkerson, Stephanie; Klute, Mary
Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia
Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis is a statistical modeling approach that uses quantitative data to predict future outcomes by generating decision trees. CART analysis can be useful for educators to inform their decision-making. For example, educators can use a decision tree from a CART analysis to identify students who are most likely to benefit from additional support early--in the months and years before problems fully materialize. This guide introduces CART analysis as an approach that allows data analysts to generate actionable analytic results that can inform educators' decisions about the allocation of extra supports for students. Data analysts with intermediate statistical software programming experience can use the guide to learn how to conduct a CART analysis and support research directors in local and state education agencies and other educators in applying the results. Research directors can use the guide to learn how results of CART analyses can inform education decisions.
Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia. Available from: Institute of Education Sciences. 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20202. Tel: 202-245-6940; Web site: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/appalachia/index.asp
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia (ED); National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) (ED/IES); SRI International
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: EDIES17C0004