Survey Construction

Developing, testing, and validating surveys of key constructs that predict improved academic performance and social-psychological well-being.

Educational Measurement

Using a range of assessments to measure students’ learning outcomes and their growth and development over time.

Statistical Power Analysis

Expert application of tools that help researchers create optimal designs for studies of interventions and the factors that moderate and explain the intervention impacts.

Meta-Analysis

Using advanced methods to synthesize and understand the quantitative evidence supporting various policies, programs, and interventions.

Multilevel Modeling

Applying state-of-the-art statistical models to investigate how systems, groups, and other organizational-level factors affect the outcomes of the individuals within them.

Randomized Field Trials

Designing and applying the most rigorous, “gold standard” experimental methods for understanding key questions of cause and effect.

We are prepared to support all aspects of the research process, including proposal preparation and writing, data collection design and management, and more.

We are prepared to support all aspects of the research process, including proposal preparation and writing, data collection design and management, and more.

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