I attended this over a decade ago, it was a great experience: Dear Colleague,We will be offering the IES Summer Research Training Institute again this summer at Northwestern University from July 15 – 25, 2024. I hope you have found the previous training you received from the Summer CRT Institute to be valuable. As a previous participant in the Training Institute, I strongly encourage you to...
Does teacher training actually work? Apparently not
From American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: Does Teacher Training Actually Work? Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Evaluation of a National Teacher Training Program Despite massive investments in teacher professional development (PD) programs in developing countries, there is little evidence on their effectiveness. We present results of a large-scale, randomized evaluation of a...
IES is offering its Summer Cluster-Randomized Trials Institute again
Dear Colleague, We will be offering the IES Summer Research Training Institute again this summer at Northwestern University from July 8–18, 2019. I hope you have found the previous training you received from the Summer CRT Institute to be valuable. As a previous participant in the Training Institute, I strongly encourage you to recommend applying to the Training Institute to your colleagues...
IES Cluster-Randomized Trials Summer Institute
I did this several years ago, it was a great experience: Northwestern University, with a grant from the National Center for Education Research (NCER) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, is providing support for the 2018 Summer Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials. The tenth Summer Training Institute’s aim is to increase the...
University of Kansas summer stats camp
The Center for Research Methods and Data Analysis at the University of Kansas will host the Summer Statistical Institute (Stats Camp) from May 21 through June 8, 2018. Please visit the Web homepage for this event at . These sessions are a combination of lecture format presentations and workshops for “hands on” practice. We recommend everybody should bring a laptop computer on which...
ICPSR: probably the best summer school for methods training
I spent a summer here several years ago, studying maximum likelihood estimators and game theory. Great opportunity, if you can afford it: ** 2015 ICPSR Summer Program ———————————————————— ** Registration Is Now Open...
Workshop on quasi-experimental methods with Cook and Shadish
A workshop on better quasi-experimental design and analysis will take place at Northwestern University from Monday, August 3rd to Friday, August 14th. The workshop is for faculty from all disciplines who have an interest in causal research in education, though some advanced graduate students working with quasi-experimental data are also welcome. This two-week workshop will expose attendees to the...
How to give a good presentation
Via Tyler Cowen’s blog. The focus is on applied microeconomics, but very useful for anyone doing applied quant work in the social sciences:
RCT training opportunity
I attended this several years ago, and it is an excellent training opportunity:
2014 Summer Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials
IES training opportunity
Application Information – Research Design Workshop for Faculty from Minority-Serving Institutions The National Center for Education Research (NCER) in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education is hosting a Research Design Workshop for faculty from minority-serving institutions. The purpose of the Workshop is to provide an overview of quantitative education...