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Deke, John; Wei, Thomas; Kautz, Tim – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Evaluators of education interventions are increasingly designing studies to detect impacts much smaller than the 0.20 standard deviations that Cohen characterized as "small." While the need to detect smaller impacts is based on compelling arguments that such impacts are substantively meaningful, the drive to detect smaller impacts may…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Evaluation, Sample Size, Randomized Controlled Trials
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James-Burdumy, Susanne; Dynarski, Mark; Deke, John – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2007
This article presents evidence from a national evaluation of the effects of 21st Century Community Learning Center after-school programs. The study was conducted in 12 school districts and 26 after-school centers, at which 2,308 elementary school students who were interested in attending a center were randomly assigned either to the treatment or…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Elementary School Students, After School Programs, Community Centers