OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
The Challenges of Scaling up Effective Child-Rearing Practices Using Technology in Developing Settings: Experimental Evidence From India	27
The Effect of Active Learning Professional Development Training on College Students’ Academic Outcomes	23
Estimating and Comparing Growth Using Longitudinal Interim Achievement Data with Seasonal Trends	19
Redefining Populations of Inference for Generalizations from Small Studies	13
Quantifying and Predicting Variation in the Medium-Term Effects of an Oversubscribed Prekindergarten Program	12
Growth on 2019 State Achievement Tests: Empirical Benchmarks and the Role of Scale Choice	11
Long-Term Effects of the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways Model: Evidence from a Randomized Trial	11
Which Students Benefit from Independent Practice? Experimental Evidence from a Math Software in Private Schools in India	10
How Do the Impacts of Healthcare Training Vary with Credential Length? Evidence from the Health Profession Opportunity Grants Program	10
Using Robust Standard Errors for the Analysis of Binary Outcomes with a Small Number of Clusters	10
Impact of Technology-Aided Activity-Based Learning Approaches on Learning Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Community Schools in Rural Zambia	10
Overlap Violations in Clustered Observational Studies of Educational Interventions	9
Intervention Effect or Measurement Artifact? Using Invariance Models to Reveal Response-Shift Bias in Experimental Studies	8
Taking Space for Anti-Racist Research: Learnings from the Margins of Educational Effectiveness	8
Leading Indicators of Long-Term Success in Community Schools: Evidence from New York City	8
CritSEM: Advancing QuantCrit to Examine Racialized Resegregation in Special Education	8
When Should Evaluators Lose Sleep Over Measurement? Toward Establishing Best Practices	7
Item Response Theory Models for Difference-in-Difference Estimates (and Whether They Are Worth the Trouble)	7
Effects of the Triple Q Intervention on Argument Writing: Findings from a Small-Scale Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial	7
Teacher Talk in Early Years Classrooms following an Oral Language and Literacy Professional Learning Program	7
Statistical Power Analysis for Univariate Meta-Analysis: A Three-Level Model	6
The Impact of the Association Between Student Characteristics and Classroom Observation Scores on Different Interpretations of Scores	6
Oceania in the Desert: A QuantCrit Analysis of the (Under)Counting of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Students at an AANAPISI-HSI	6
High-Stakes Testing and Educational Careers: Exploiting the Differences in Cutoffs Between Test Recommendations in The Netherlands	6
Evaluating the Impact of Supplemental Computer-Assisted Math Instruction in Elementary School: A Conceptual Replication	6

Exploring the Effects of a Social-Emotional Learning Intervention in Brazilian Primary Schools: Findings from Year Two of Implementation	6
The Long-Term Effectiveness of Multiple Measures Assessment: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial	6
Mixed but Not Scrambled: Gender Gaps in Coed Schools with Single-Sex Classrooms	6
Remedial Programming and Skill-Targeted SEL in Low-Income and Crisis-Affected Contexts: Experimental Evidence From Niger	6
The Effects of Higher-Stakes Teacher Evaluation on Office Disciplinary Referrals	5
The Costs and Impacts of Descubriendo la Lectura : Evidence From a Multisite Experimental Study	5
Your Child Missed Learning the Alphabet Today: A Randomized Trial of Sending Teacher-Written Postcards Home to Reduce Absences	5
A Chain as Strong as Its Strongest Link? Understanding the Causes and Consequences of Biases Arising from Selective Analysis and Reporting of Research Results	5
Does One More Year Matter? Dosage Effect of the One-Village-One-Preschool Intervention in Rural China	4
Leveraging Home Reading to Strengthen Literacy Development: Applying Principal Stratification to Explore Efficacy Trial Effects	4
Forced to Redshirt: Quasi-Experimental Impacts of Delayed Kindergarten Entry	4
Conjuring Power from a Theory of Change: The PWRD Method for Trials with Anticipated Variation in Effects	4
Reading Skills Transfer Best from Home Language to a Second Language: Policy Lessons from Two Field Experiments in South Africa	4
Science Outcome Design Parameters for Cluster-Randomized Trials Involving Teachers	4
The Uncertain Role of Educational Software in Remediating Student Learning: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Three Local Education Agencies	4
Can a Developmental Education Reform Promote Momentum to Mid-Term and Longer-Term Student Success? Evidence from Florida	3
Mentors Matter Recruitment Replication & Extension: Investigating Effects Across Implementation Years	3
Which Students Benefit from Computer-Based Individualized Instruction? Experimental Evidence from Public Schools in India	3
A Recipe for Disappointment: Policy, Effect Size, and the Winner’s Curse	3
The Impact of Community Eligibility Provision on Multilingual Learner Outcomes	3
Estimating Treatment Effects with the Explanatory Item Response Model	3
The Efficacy of Two Models of Professional Development Mediated by Fidelity on Fourth Grade Student Reading Outcomes ^†	3
The Impact of Mathematics-Focused Read-Alouds on Mathematics Outcomes for Preschool Children: A Pilot Study	3
The Effect of Worked Examples and Self-Explanation Prompts on Mathematics Standardized Assessments	3
Multilevel Modeling Resolves Ambiguities in Analyses of Discipline Disproportionality: A Demonstration Comparing Title 1 Montessori and Non-Montessori Schools	3
Heterogeneity of Item-Treatment Interactions Masks Complexity and Generalizability in Randomized Controlled Trials	2
A Cautionary Tale of Tutoring Hard-to-Reach Students in Kenya	2
Contextual Characteristics Inside and Outside of School Walls as Predictors of Differential Effectiveness in Teacher Professional Development	2
Examining Patterns and Predictors of Response to Mathematics Intervention	2
A Framework for Addressing Instrumentation Biases When Using Observation Systems as Outcome Measures in Instructional Interventions	2
The Meta-Analytic Rain Cloud Plot: A New Approach to Visualizing Clearinghouse Data	2
Is Reputational Pressure Enough to Create Competitive School Choice Effects? Evidence from Seoul’s School Choice Policy	2
Conditions Under Which College Students Can Be Responsive to Text-Based Nudging	2
Does Teacher Professional Development Improve Student Learning? Evidence from Leading Educators’ Fellowship Model	2
Evaluation of a State-Wide Mathematics Support Program for at-Risk Students in Grade 1 and 2 in Germany	2
The Effects of Grade Retention on High School Outcomes: Evidence from New York City Schools	2
Reading Aloud to Children, Social Inequalities and Vocabulary Development: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial	2
Empirical Benchmarks for Effect Size Interpretation and Study Planning with Social and Behavioral Outcomes	2
Evidence Gap Maps in Education Research	2
The Breadth of Impacts from the Abecedarian Project Early Intervention on Cognitive Skills	2
Effects of Cross-Age Peer Mentoring Program within a Randomized Controlled Trial	2
The Spanish- and English-Language Literacy Impacts of Descubriendo la Lectura across Three Experimental Replications	2
Why Do We Find These Effects? An Examination of Mediating Pathways Explaining the Effects of School Turnaround	2
Selecting Districts and Schools for Impact Studies in Education: A Simulation Study of Different Strategies	1
The Impacts of a Standards-Based Grading System Emphasizing Formative Assessment, Feedback, and Re-Assessment: A Mixed Methods, Cluster Randomized Control Trial in Ninth Grade Mathematics Classrooms	1
The Role of Opportunity to Learn and School Socioeconomic Composition in Reducing Racial and Gendered Disparities in Mathematics Achievement	1
Performance Evaluations as a Measure of Teacher Effectiveness When Implementation Differs: Accounting for Variation across Classrooms, Schools, and Districts	1
The Cost-Effectiveness of an Accelerated Learning Program on the Literacy, Numeracy and Social-Emotional Learning Outcomes of Out-of-School Children in Northeast Nigeria: Evidence from a Mixed Methods	1
Persistence and Emergence of Literacy Skills: Long-Term Impacts of an Effective Early Grade Reading Intervention in South Africa	1
Consistency between Household and County Measures of Onsite Schooling during the COVID-19 Pandemic	1

Using a Multi-Site RCT to Predict Impacts for a Single Site: Do Better Data and Methods Yield More Accurate Predictions?	1
Cost-Effectiveness of Algebraic Technological Applications	1
Comparing Single-Level and Multi-Level Analyses with Complex Sampling Weights	1
Quantitative Research and Inequality Narratives: A Systematic Review	1
Project Lead the Way: Impacts of a High School Applied STEM Program on Early Post-Secondary Outcomes	1
Raising Teacher Retention in Online Courses through Personalized Support. Evidence from a Cross-National Randomized Controlled Trial	1
Leveraging Caregivers to Provide Remote Early Childhood Education in Hard-to-Access Settings in Lebanon: Impacts From a Randomized Controlled Trial	1
The Effect of Embedding Formative Assessment on Pupil Attainment	1
Impact of Cognitively Guided Instruction on Elementary School Mathematics Achievement: Five Years After the Initial Opportunity	1
Practice-Based Teacher Education Pedagogies Improve Responsiveness: Evidence from a Lab Experiment	1
Changing the Odds: Student Achievement after Introduction of a Middle School Math Intervention	1
A Meta-Analysis of Mathematical Interventions for Increasing the Word Problem Solving Performance of Upper Elementary and Secondary Students with Mathematics Difficulties	1
Using Existing School Messaging Platforms to Inform Parents about Their Child’s Attendance	1
The Impact of Making PreK Count on Short and Longer-Term Outcomes	1
Long-Term Impacts of Reading Recovery through 3rd and 4th Grade: A Regression Discontinuity Study	1
Understanding, Disrupting, and (Re)Imagining Quantitative Research for Antiracist Education	1
“Waiving” Goodbye to Placement Testing: Broadening the Benefits of Dual Enrollment Through Statewide Policy	1
Math Problem Supports in an Authentic Classroom Context: Unpacking the Effect of Immediate Feedback and Re-Attempts in Online Problem Sets on Middle School Students’ Math Achievement	1
Supporting Community College Student Success: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial	1
Can Nudging Mentors Weaken Student Support? Experimental Evidence from a Virtual Communication Intervention	1
Reading Interventions for Spanish-Speaking English Language Learners at Risk for Reading Difficulties: A Meta-Analysis	1
Supporting Teachers in Argument Writing Instruction at Scale: A Replication Study of the College, Career, and Community Writers Program (C3WP)	1
Is Big Data Better? LMS Data and Prediction Accuracy in Postsecondary Education	1
A Multisite Randomized Study of an Online Learning Approach to High School Credit Recovery: Effects on Student Experiences and Proximal Outcomes	1
Does Universal SEL Work under Typical Implementation Practices? Outcomes of a First Grade Effectiveness Trial	1
Advantages of Monte Carlo Confidence Intervals for Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios: A Comparison of Five Methods	1
Illustrating and Enacting a Critical Quantitative Approach to Measurement with MIMIC Models	1
The Impact of Restorative Practices with Diplomas Now on School Climate and Teachers’ Turnover Intentions: Evidence from a Cluster Multi-Site Randomized Control Trial	1