1. A Registry of Efficacy & Effectiveness Studies Supported under grant IES R305U to the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
Jessaca Spybrook, Western Michigan University
Rebecca Maynard, University of Pennsylvania
March 2, 2017

2. Talking Points Why a registry for education studies?
The Registry of Efficacy and Effectiveness Studies (REES)
What’s next?

3. 1. Why a registry for education studies?

4. A sampling of existing registries
Medicine – National Institutes of Health Clinicaltrials.gov
Economics & other Social Sciences – American Economic Association (AEA) RCT Registry
Governance, Politics, and Institutions – Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)
International Development – The Registry for International Development Impact Evaluations (RIDIE)

5. Commonalties & differences
Common goals
Information sharing
Transparency
Accountability
Disciplinary distinctions
Norms
Languages
Standards
Existing infrastructures
Vision and goals for a registry
Registration requirements

6. A Registry specific to education studies
Build on lessons from other disciplines
Create a reliable source for identifying all causal inference studies in education
Build on & articulate with existing infrastructures in education (i.e., WWC, common evidence guidelines & grant guidelines)
Language familiar to education researchers
Norms and standards used for efficacy & effectiveness studies

7. 2. A Registry of Efficacy & Effectiveness Studies (REES)

8. Registry of Efficacy & Effectiveness Studies (REES)
Repository of information on causal inference studies
Efficacy & effectiveness studies
RCTs & QEDs
Planning phase, in-process & completed studies
Chronicle changes & add products
Project leadership
Study plans
Sample & data
Reports
Low burden for evaluators
Easy to navigate
Quick to complete
Structured response codes (when possible)

9. What is in REES? 8 Sections – Basic information & analysis plan
General Study Information
Description of Study
Research Questions
Study Design
Sample Characteristics
Outcomes
Analysis Plans
Additional Materials (e.g., instruments, reports, data & code)

10. REES Output Uses Content
Unique registration ID
PDF of registration & changes
Searchable & exportable database
By intervention type, grades, design type, etc.
Uses
Quick identification of completed & in-process studies
Facilitate replication, research synthesis

11. 3. What’s Next?

12. Status of REES Completing development Pilot registrations
New studies
In-process studies
Completed studies (imported from existing review platforms)
Refine REES based on pilot
Launch REES late 2017

13. Promoting REES Permanent ID/Badge Collaborate with: Funders
Professional Associations
Journals
Clearinghouses

14. To volunteer to pilot REES:
REES Website
To volunteer to pilot REES:
Additional Questions:

15. Clinical Trials.gov

16. AEA RCT Registry

17. EGAP

18. RIDIE