Summer Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials

The purpose of this training is to prepare current education researchers to plan, design, conduct, and interpret cluster-randomized trials.

The course will enable participants to:

• Describe the principles underlying randomized experiments and their advantages for making causal inferences.
• Understand the hierarchical structure of populations in education (students nested in classes nested in schools) and its implications for study design and analysis of data.
• Select appropriate measures for assessing outcomes, describing implementation fidelity, and capturing process variables.
• Acquire knowledge and strategies for designing and conducting a cluster-randomized trial