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ERIC Number: ED627614
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Feb
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Lottery-Based Evaluations of Early Education Programs: Opportunities and Challenges for Building the Next Generation of Evidence. Working Paper 30970
Weiland, Christina; Unterman, Rebecca; Dynarski, Susan; Abenavoli, Rachel; Bloom, Howard; Braga, Breno; Faria, Ann-Marie; Greenberg, Erica H.; Jacob, Brian; Arnold Lincove, Jane; Manship, Karen; McCormick, Meghan; Miratrix, Luke; Monarrez, Tomás E.; Morris-Perez, Pamela; Shapiro, Anna; Valant, Jon; Weixler, Lindsay
National Bureau of Economic Research
Lottery-based identification strategies offer potential for generating the next generation of evidence on U.S. early education programs. Our collaborative network of five research teams applying this design in early education and methods experts has identified six challenges that need to be carefully considered in this next context: (1) available baseline covariates may not be very rich; (2) limited data on the counterfactual; (3) limited and inconsistent outcome data; (4) weakened internal validity due to attrition; (5) constrained external validity due to who competes for oversubscribed programs; and (6) difficulties answering site-level questions with child-level randomization. We offer potential solutions to these six challenges and concrete recommendations for the design of future lottery-based early education studies.
National Bureau of Economic Research. 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-5398. Tel: 617-588-0343; Web site: http://www.nber.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Spencer Foundation; Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Arnold Ventures; Heising-Simons Foundation
Authoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
IES Funded: Yes
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