Understanding Variation in Treatment Effects in Education Impact Evaluations: An Overview of Quantitative Methods

Peter Z. Schochet, Mike Puma and John Deke

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Abstract: Variation in treatment effects has important implications for education practice—and for facilitating the most efficient use of limited resources—by informing decisions about how best to target interventions and how to improve the design or implementation of interventions.

Keywords: Quantitative Methods; Randomized Controlled Trials; Education Interventions; Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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