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The Effect of Full- vs. Half-Day Pre-K on Grade K-3 English Learner Designations Open
This study estimates the causal effect of randomized offers of full-day versus half-day pre-kindergarten on students’ likelihood of having English learners (EL) designations in early elementary grades. We leverage a randomized controlled t…
The Effect of Full- vs. Half-Day Pre-K on Grade K-3 English Learner Designations Open
This study estimates the causal effect of randomized offers of full-day versus half-day pre-kindergarten on students’ likelihood of having English learners (EL) designations in early elementary grades. We leverage a randomized controlled t…
How to make science more efficient Open
DOGE needs to completely rethink its efforts to increase the efficiency of the federal agencies that fund research in the US.
View article: TOP 2025: An Update to the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines
TOP 2025: An Update to the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines Open
Open science remains vital to the progress and functioning of the global research enterprise. Published in 2015, the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines (TOP 2015) was developed as a policy framework to enhance the verifiability…
View article: TOP 2025: An Update to the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines
TOP 2025: An Update to the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines Open
Open science remains vital to the progress and functioning of the global research enterprise. Published in 2015, the Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines (TOP 2015) was developed as a policy framework to enhance the verifiability…
We Should Do More Direct Replications in Science Open
Stuart Buck, in his contribution to this Reinforcing Reproducibility and Replicability column, ponders the value of direct replications and posits that more should be done, by funders, to support such direct replications.He argues that the…
View article: Promoting an open research culture
Promoting an open research culture Open
Transparency, openness, and reproducibility are readily recognized as vital features of science. When asked, most scientists embrace these features as disciplinary norms and values. Therefore, one might expect that these valued features wo…
LifeSkills Training Evaluation - Minnesota Open
Substance use and other risky behaviors increase substantially when students get to high school. Some mental health outcomes, such as feelings of depression and anxiety, also increase as students get older. This pattern of findings points …
Why Proposal Review Should Be More Like Meteorology Open
The process of evaluating research proposals for funding is often based on subjective assessments of the "goodness" or "badness" of a proposal. However, this method of evaluation is not precise and does not provide a common language for re…
Arnold Ventures Response to "Request for Information: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research" Open
This document was submitted by Arnold Ventures in response to a White House request for comments on open access to federally funded research and associated materials (data, code). See https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/31/20…
NSF 19-609 Proposal: Evaluating Rigor and Transparency Culture Change Initiatives Open
We have developed and implemented normative interventions called “Rigor and Transparency Initiatives”(RTIs) to shift attitudes, norms, and behaviors in research communities. RTIs are usually a collaboration between one or more journals and…
RFI Response: JCORE; Request for Information on the American Research Environment Open
The National Science and Technology Council's (NSTC's) Joint Committee on the Research Environment (JCORE) is requesting feedback and recommendations on actions that Federal agencies can take to facilitate reproducibility in research, part…
View article: The principles of tomorrow's university
The principles of tomorrow's university Open
In the 21st Century, research is increasingly data- and computation-driven. Researchers, funders, and the larger community today emphasize the traits of openness and reproducibility. In March 2017, 13 mostly early-career research leaders w…
A Stronger Foundation, a Different Trajectory? Experimental Evidence on Medium- Term Impacts of Full-Day Preschool Open
Summary: This study extends the follow-up of a randomized controlled trial (RCT), comparing full-day preschool to half-day preschool, and will provide policymakers and parents the most rigorous evidence to-date on the relative effectivenes…
Solving reproducibility Open
In this piece, I argue that philanthropy can help solve open science by funding scientific infrastructure.
How open science helps researchers succeed Open
Open access, open data, open source and other open scholarship practices are growing in popularity and necessity. However, widespread adoption of these practices has not yet been achieved. One reason is that researchers are uncertain about…
The benefits of open research: How sharing can help researchers succeed Open
This is a working paper. Feedback is welcome! AbstractOpen access, open data, open source, and other open scholarship practices are growing in necessity and popularity, rapidly becoming part of the integral workflow of researchers. However…