Increase the supply of high quality systematic reviews so decision makers have more useful evidence summaries¶

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Description¶

The article's stated aim is that its recommendations "increase the number of such reviews in order to provide decision makers with a greater number of useful evidence summaries that can inform policy and program decisions." The strategy treats the production of high quality systematic reviews as a supply problem: more well-conducted reviews means more evidence summaries available to support policy and program decisions in education and human services.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Recommendations for conducting high quality systematic reviews must be followed by review producers

Constraints¶

• The supplied text does not print the specific recommendations, only the goal of increasing the number of reviews

Target Learners¶

• Policy and program decision makers

Target Learning Goals¶

• Accessing useful evidence summaries to inform policy and program decisions

Related Strategies¶

• Support effective data use by offering targeted recommendations and strategies to state officials, district-level staff, and system developers
• Use newsflashes—succinct email blasts announcing new research findings—to inform decision makers, stakeholders, and practitioners

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Zief, S., & Agodini, R. (2012). Supporting Policy and Program Decisions: Recommendations for Conducting High Quality Systematic Evidence Reviews. Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/supporting-policy-and-program-decisions-recommendations-for-conducting-high-quality-systematic-evidence-reviews