Does the Department have any guidance available on designing rigorous evaluations for the interventions that will be implemented by projects that will receive funding under this competition?

For more information on scientific research designs, please see User-Friendly Guide Mobilizing for Evidence-Based Character Education (Published by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools) ed.gov/programs/charactered/mobilizing.pdf. In addition, please see the Resources for Researchers section of the What Works Clearinghouse document library at ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/references/library/. Resources in the WWC library include: • Key Items To Get Right When Conducting a Randomized Controlled Trial in Education http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/guide_RCT.pdf • Random Assignment in Program Evaluation and Intervention Research: Questions and Answers http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/20035001.pdf • Reporting the Results of Your Study http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/guide_SRF.

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