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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The Challenges of Scaling up Effective Child-Rearing Practices Using Technology in Developing Settings: Experimental Evidence From India	31
The Effect of Active Learning Professional Development Training on College Students’ Academic Outcomes	21
Redefining Populations of Inference for Generalizations from Small Studies	20
Long-Term Effects of the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways Model: Evidence from a Randomized Trial	20
Quantifying and Predicting Variation in the Medium-Term Effects of an Oversubscribed Prekindergarten Program	15
Growth on 2019 State Achievement Tests: Empirical Benchmarks and the Role of Scale Choice	13
Impact of Technology-Aided Activity-Based Learning Approaches on Learning Outcomes: Experimental Evidence from Community Schools in Rural Zambia	13
Improving Outcomes for Struggling Readers: Evidence from a Randomized Trial of HEROES	13
Using Robust Standard Errors for the Analysis of Binary Outcomes with a Small Number of Clusters	12
How Do the Impacts of Healthcare Training Vary with Credential Length? Evidence from the Health Profession Opportunity Grants Program	11
Overlap Violations in Clustered Observational Studies of Educational Interventions	11
Leading Indicators of Long-Term Success in Community Schools: Evidence from New York City	11
CritSEM: Advancing QuantCrit to Examine Racialized Resegregation in Special Education	10
Intervention Effect or Measurement Artifact? Using Invariance Models to Reveal Response-Shift Bias in Experimental Studies	10
Taking Space for Anti-Racist Research: Learnings from the Margins of Educational Effectiveness	10
The Long-Term Effectiveness of Multiple Measures Assessment: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial	9
Effects of Comprehensive Support and Improvement School Designation Under the Every Student Succeeds Act on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Ohio	9
Item Response Theory Models for Difference-in-Difference Estimates (and Whether They Are Worth the Trouble)	9
Effects of the Triple Q Intervention on Argument Writing: Findings from a Small-Scale Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial	8
When Should Evaluators Lose Sleep Over Measurement? Toward Establishing Best Practices	8
The Impact of the Association Between Student Characteristics and Classroom Observation Scores on Different Interpretations of Scores	8
Multisite Partially Nested Designs: Estimation, Inference, and Design	8
Oceania in the Desert: A QuantCrit Analysis of the (Under)Counting of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Students at an AANAPISI-HSI	7
Exploring the Effects of a Social-Emotional Learning Intervention in Brazilian Primary Schools: Findings from Year Two of Implementation	7
Statistical Power Analysis for Univariate Meta-Analysis: A Three-Level Model	7

The Costs and Impacts of Descubriendo la Lectura : Evidence From a Multisite Experimental Study	6
Remedial Programming and Skill-Targeted SEL in Low-Income and Crisis-Affected Contexts: Experimental Evidence From Niger	6
Forced to Redshirt: Quasi-Experimental Impacts of Delayed Kindergarten Entry	6
High-Stakes Testing and Educational Careers: Exploiting the Differences in Cutoffs Between Test Recommendations in The Netherlands	6
The Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education Workforce: Descriptive Evidence on Demographics and Turnover from Oregon	6
Evaluating the Impact of Supplemental Computer-Assisted Math Instruction in Elementary School: A Conceptual Replication	6
Defining Target Populations for Impact Studies of Education Interventions: Balancing Generalizability and Feasibility in the Real World	5
Reading Skills Transfer Best from Home Language to a Second Language: Policy Lessons from Two Field Experiments in South Africa	5
Conjuring Power from a Theory of Change: The PWRD Method for Trials with Anticipated Variation in Effects	5
The Uncertain Role of Educational Software in Remediating Student Learning: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Three Local Education Agencies	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
Science Outcome Design Parameters for Cluster-Randomized Trials Involving Teachers	5
Polish the Gold: Calibrating Intervention Effect Estimates for Small-Sample Randomized Controlled Trials	5
The Efficacy of Two Models of Professional Development Mediated by Fidelity on Fourth Grade Student Reading Outcomes ^†	4
Multilevel Modeling Resolves Ambiguities in Analyses of Discipline Disproportionality: A Demonstration Comparing Title 1 Montessori and Non-Montessori Schools	4
Leveraging Home Reading to Strengthen Literacy Development: Applying Principal Stratification to Explore Efficacy Trial Effects	4
Mentors Matter Recruitment Replication & Extension: Investigating Effects Across Implementation Years	4
A Recipe for Disappointment: Policy, Effect Size, and the Winner’s Curse	4
Can a Developmental Education Reform Promote Momentum to Mid-Term and Longer-Term Student Success? Evidence from Florida	3
Is Reputational Pressure Enough to Create Competitive School Choice Effects? Evidence from Seoul’s School Choice Policy	3
A Cautionary Tale of Tutoring Hard-to-Reach Students in Kenya	3
Which Students Benefit from Computer-Based Individualized Instruction? Experimental Evidence from Public Schools in India	3
The False Dichotomy of Causal and Non-Causal Research in the Educational Sciences: Re-Embracing the Causal Continuum	3
The Effect of Worked Examples and Self-Explanation Prompts on Mathematics Standardized Assessments	3
The Impact of Community Eligibility Provision on Multilingual Learner Outcomes	3
The Impact of Mathematics-Focused Read-Alouds on Mathematics Outcomes for Preschool Children: A Pilot Study	3
Estimating Treatment Effects with the Explanatory Item Response Model	3
Contextual Characteristics Inside and Outside of School Walls as Predictors of Differential Effectiveness in Teacher Professional Development	2
Why Do We Find These Effects? An Examination of Mediating Pathways Explaining the Effects of School Turnaround	2
Subgroup Effects, Compositional Effects, and Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in the What Works Clearinghouse Study Data	2
The Impact of Making PreK Count on Short and Longer-Term Outcomes	2
A Framework for Addressing Instrumentation Biases When Using Observation Systems as Outcome Measures in Instructional Interventions	2
Does Teacher Professional Development Improve Student Learning? Evidence from Leading Educators’ Fellowship Model	2
Reading Aloud to Children, Social Inequalities and Vocabulary Development: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial	2
Evidence Gap Maps in Education Research	2
The Decline in Teacher Working Conditions During and After the COVID Pandemic	2
The Effects of Grade Retention on High School Outcomes: Evidence from New York City Schools	2
Quantitative Research and Inequality Narratives: A Systematic Review	2
Illustrating and Enacting a Critical Quantitative Approach to Measurement with MIMIC Models	2
Evaluation of a State-Wide Mathematics Support Program for at-Risk Students in Grade 1 and 2 in Germany	2
Empirical Benchmarks for Effect Size Interpretation and Study Planning with Social and Behavioral Outcomes	2
Heterogeneity of Item-Treatment Interactions Masks Complexity and Generalizability in Randomized Controlled Trials	2
The Spanish- and English-Language Literacy Impacts of Descubriendo la Lectura across Three Experimental Replications	2
Effects of Cross-Age Peer Mentoring Program within a Randomized Controlled Trial	2
A Meta-Analysis of Mathematical Interventions for Increasing the Word Problem Solving Performance of Upper Elementary and Secondary Students with Mathematics Difficulties	2
Cost-Effectiveness of Algebraic Technological Applications	2
Examining Patterns and Predictors of Response to Mathematics Intervention	2
Conditions Under Which College Students Can Be Responsive to Text-Based Nudging	2
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

Changing the Odds: Student Achievement after Introduction of a Middle School Math Intervention	1
Using a Multi-Site RCT to Predict Impacts for a Single Site: Do Better Data and Methods Yield More Accurate Predictions?	1
Leveraging Caregivers to Provide Remote Early Childhood Education in Hard-to-Access Settings in Lebanon: Impacts From a Randomized Controlled Trial	1
Supporting Teachers in Argument Writing Instruction at Scale: A Replication Study of the College, Career, and Community Writers Program (C3WP)	1
Project Lead the Way: Impacts of a High School Applied STEM Program on Early Post-Secondary Outcomes	1
Selecting Districts and Schools for Impact Studies in Education: A Simulation Study of Different Strategies	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
Designing Studies to Detect Impacts on Earnings	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 Existing School Messaging Platforms to Inform Parents about Their Child’s Attendance	1
Design Parameter Values for Planning Mediation Studies with Teacher and Student Mathematics Outcomes	1
Comparing Single-Level and Multi-Level Analyses with Complex Sampling Weights	1
A Case for Bayesian Statistics in Critical Quantitative Research in Education	1
The Role of Opportunity to Learn and School Socioeconomic Composition in Reducing Racial and Gendered Disparities in Mathematics Achievement	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
A Population Study in Utah: Placement Trends Across Grades, Years, and Disability Categories for Students with and Without Significant Cognitive Disabilities	1
Understanding, Disrupting, and (Re)Imagining Quantitative Research for Antiracist Education	1
Reading Interventions for Spanish-Speaking English Language Learners at Risk for Reading Difficulties: A Meta-Analysis	1
Does Universal SEL Work under Typical Implementation Practices? Outcomes of a First Grade Effectiveness Trial	1
Can Personalized Attendance Information Mitigate Student Absenteeism? Evidence from Six Randomized Field Trials	1
The Long-Term Effects of Grade Retention: Evidence on Persistence through High School and College	1
Can Nudging Mentors Weaken Student Support? Experimental Evidence from a Virtual Communication Intervention	1
Long-Term Impacts of Reading Recovery through 3rd and 4th Grade: A Regression Discontinuity Study	1
Raising Teacher Retention in Online Courses through Personalized Support. Evidence from a Cross-National Randomized Controlled Trial	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
Advantages of Monte Carlo Confidence Intervals for Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratios: A Comparison of Five Methods	1