Developing and Evaluating Tools for Communicating Statistical Evidence to Education Decision-Makers

This project will develop and rigorously test new visualizations of statistical and scientific information for use in evidence clearinghouses. There are many education clearinghouses, including the What Works Clearinghouse, Evidence for ESSA, Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development, and the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF). These clearinghouses share an interest in (a) determining which programs have strong evidence, (b) synthesizing the findings of these studies, and (c) sharing this information in ways that are clear, relevant, and trustworthy. Statisticians and methodologists have developed and disseminated a wide range of methods for (a) and (b). This project contributes to (c) - to ensuring that the methods for visualizing and communicating research findings to education decision-makers are equally rigorous and evidence-based.