Learning what works in building integrated communities
...to evaluate using an RCT approach, but we considered it to be exactly the right type of project to undergo this kind of robust inquiry. Its results may not seem...
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Building a global evidence ecosystem for teaching
...to work in the future. By giving this information to all teachers — regardless of where they teach and the type of school they teach in — we can make...
Five lessons we’ve learnt in our first five years
...commissioners, policymakers, and frontline workers with the answers they need. And these centres have developed innovative ways of helping decision makers act on this evidence. Alongside the network, we’ve also...
The Trial Advice Panel: supporting a more experimental government
Over the past 5 years, the What Works Team has championed what we call the ‘What Works approach’ as a better way of making policy across government: identifying problems using good data, designing a solution using the best evidence available, …