Use a checklist of key questions when conducting opportunistic experiments¶

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Description¶

The guide supplies "a checklist of key questions to consider when conducting opportunistic experiments," giving policymakers and researchers a concrete procedural tool for deciding whether and how to pursue an opportunistic experiment. The checklist complements the guide's discussion of issues to consider when identifying candidate experiments and its outline of the critical steps needed to complete them.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Users must be evaluating a potential or ongoing opportunistic experiment to apply the checklist

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• education policymakers
• education researchers

Target Learning Goals¶

• designing and executing rigorous evaluations of planned education interventions

Affordances¶

• Opportunistic Experiments Definition

Related Strategies¶

• Follow key steps to conduct RCTs and address common questions and concerns

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Alexandra Resch, Jillian Berk, Lauren Akers. (2014). Recognizing and Conducting Opportunistic Experiments in Education: A Guide for Policymakers and Researchers. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edprojects