Study Methods for Briefs about Ecree Research Findings

This summary provides details about a study of Ecree, an automated writing feedback tool, which took place during the 2021–2022 school year. The Mathematica study team, in collaboration with Ecree, designed and conducted the study to examine teachers’ and students’ use of the tool during the study and the impact of Ecree on student and teacher outcomes. This summary accompanies a series of briefs summarizing results of the Ecree study for different audiences (teachers, students and families, school and district leaders, and tool designers and instructional support teams) by providing more information on the study design, sample, data sources, measures, and analytic methods used to produce the findings reported in those briefs.