In this letter to the Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building, Paul Decker describes the challenges and opportunities inherent in using data and evidence to support informed decision making.
As immigration reform remains in gridlock, a new report from a nonpartisan think tank whose membership is comprised of top-level business executives calls on policymakers to enact various changes to bolster America’s workforce and economic might.
It is essential for US competitiveness and global leadership in a rapidly changing 21st-century economy that business leaders and policy makers work together to implement policies that make it easier and more attractive for Americans to find work and remain working.
Over the past 30 years, the charter school movement has become a significant factor in U.S. public education.
During a special symposium with members of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking at the 2017 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, CEO Paul Decker discussed recommendations from the commission’s report.
Signed by Paul Decker, this letter was submitted to the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking during an open comment period.
Pi Day has become a joyous national symbol of the importance of math, science and education.
Last week I spent some time in a classroom at my daughter’s school—and came away with a reinvigorated sense of appreciation for the work that crosses my own desk every day.
Recent years have seen an increase in the amount of statistics describing different phenomena based on “Big Data.”
In recent years we have seen an increase in the amount of statistics in society describing different phenomena based on so called Big Data.
In his presidential address before the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) fall research conference in early November, Mathematica CEO Paul Decker explored the nexus between policymaking, public management, and evidence-based research.
Synthesizes what we know empirically about the WIA program and discusses lessons for WIA reauthorization.
Based on a randomized experiment to study the impact of Teach For America on student achievement and other outcomes, the authors find that TFA teachers had a positive impact on math achievement and no impact on reading achievement.
Students of Teach For America teachers outscored their schoolmates on math achievement tests, and matched their average performance in reading, according to the findings from the first national evaluation of the impact of TFA teachers on student learning.
These files from Mathematica’s large-scale random assignment study are for public use by the research community.
Students of Teach For America teachers outscored their schoolmates on math achievement tests, and matched their average performance in reading, according to the findings from the first national evaluation of the impact of TFA teachers on student learning.