Thinking of running an RCT in postsecondary education?
MDRC has created a fantastic set of resources to help you in projecting minimum effect sizes, randomizing, and processing data
Proud to have helped advise this project!
www.mdrc.org/the-rct
MDRC has created a fantastic set of resources to help you in projecting minimum effect sizes, randomizing, and processing data
Proud to have helped advise this project!
www.mdrc.org/the-rct
Resources for Supporting Postsecondary Education Randomized Controlled Trials | MDRC
www.mdrc.org
February 18, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Thinking of running an RCT in postsecondary education?
MDRC has created a fantastic set of resources to help you in projecting minimum effect sizes, randomizing, and processing data
Proud to have helped advise this project!
www.mdrc.org/the-rct
MDRC has created a fantastic set of resources to help you in projecting minimum effect sizes, randomizing, and processing data
Proud to have helped advise this project!
www.mdrc.org/the-rct
Whelp ed research orgs had mass lay-offs yesterday
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
March 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Whelp ed research orgs had mass lay-offs yesterday
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
Mathematica: www.linkedin.com/posts/mathem...
MDRC: www.linkedin.com/posts/mdrc_t...
NORC: www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-ga...
RTI: www.linkedin.com/posts/no%C3%...
Westat: www.linkedin.com/posts/westat...
WestEd: www.linkedin.com/posts/amyhre...
Celebrating 50 Years of MDRC
Celebrating 50 Years of MDRC | MDRC
This Year Marks an Exciting Milestone for MDRC: Our 50th AnniversaryFounded in 1974 as the “Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation,” MDRC was premised on a conviction that was radical for its tim...
www.mdrc.org
November 27, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Celebrating 50 Years of MDRC
SNL and MDRC are turning 50 in the same year
Whoa
Whoa
December 16, 2024 at 4:36 AM
SNL and MDRC are turning 50 in the same year
Whoa
Whoa
New RCT findings from MDRC on the impact of raising salaries for ECE teachers:
Teachers were less likely to work 2+ jobs, experience food insecurity, and have unpaid bills
Teachers reported more job satisfaction
Mixed evidence there was greater teacher retention
www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
Teachers were less likely to work 2+ jobs, experience food insecurity, and have unpaid bills
Teachers reported more job satisfaction
Mixed evidence there was greater teacher retention
www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
Evaluation of the Colorado Child Care Assistance Program Teacher Salary Increase Pilot | MDRC
Child care and early education (CCEE) teachers have one of the lowest-paid occupations nationwide. CCEE centers struggle to recruit and retain qualified teachers, which may affect the quality of care ...
www.mdrc.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM
New RCT findings from MDRC on the impact of raising salaries for ECE teachers:
Teachers were less likely to work 2+ jobs, experience food insecurity, and have unpaid bills
Teachers reported more job satisfaction
Mixed evidence there was greater teacher retention
www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
Teachers were less likely to work 2+ jobs, experience food insecurity, and have unpaid bills
Teachers reported more job satisfaction
Mixed evidence there was greater teacher retention
www.mdrc.org/work/publica...
MDRC Launches New Center for Housing and Communities www.mdrc.org/news/mdrc-la...
MDRC Launches New Center for Housing and Communities | MDRC
MDRC is pleased to announce the creation of the new MDRC Center for Housing and Communities.
www.mdrc.org
September 22, 2026 at 7:12 PM
MDRC Launches New Center for Housing and Communities www.mdrc.org/news/mdrc-la...
MDRC and NYC: Decades of Evidence-Building to Improve Public Services www.mdrc.org/work/project...
MDRC and NYC: Decades of Evidence-Building to Improve Public Services | MDRC
Founded in New York City more than 50 years ago, MDRC has always collaborated with local public and private agencies to improve services in education, workforce development, youth services, criminal j...
www.mdrc.org
September 14, 2026 at 9:41 PM
MDRC and NYC: Decades of Evidence-Building to Improve Public Services www.mdrc.org/work/project...
MDRC has over two decades of experience conducting randomized controlled trials in higher education
And, for some reason, we've decided to give away all our resources and best practices to help other researchers conduct high-quality, efficient RCTs
Check out the website soft launch:
And, for some reason, we've decided to give away all our resources and best practices to help other researchers conduct high-quality, efficient RCTs
Check out the website soft launch:
Resources for Supporting Postsecondary Education Randomized Controlled Trials | MDRC
www.mdrc.org
February 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
MDRC has over two decades of experience conducting randomized controlled trials in higher education
And, for some reason, we've decided to give away all our resources and best practices to help other researchers conduct high-quality, efficient RCTs
Check out the website soft launch:
And, for some reason, we've decided to give away all our resources and best practices to help other researchers conduct high-quality, efficient RCTs
Check out the website soft launch:
He also pushed for systems to measure the impact of policies, helping found MDRC, for instance. mdrc.org/news/mdrc-mo...
MDRC Mourns the Passing of Robert Solow, Founding MDRC Board Member | MDRC
The Board of Directors and the staff of MDRC mourn the passing of Robert Solow, Nobel economist, long-time professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and founding member of the MD...
mdrc.org
December 24, 2023 at 5:53 PM
He also pushed for systems to measure the impact of policies, helping found MDRC, for instance. mdrc.org/news/mdrc-mo...
💼This #EITCAwarenessDay, we’re highlighting evidence from New York City showing that expanding #EITC eligibility to workers without dependent children led to higher employment and lower poverty. Learn more: www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/e...
Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for Workers without Dependent Children in the United States | The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
MDRC partnered with NYC Opportunity, the NYC Human Resources Administration and Food Bank for NYC to design, implement, and evaluate the program. MDRC researchers found that three years of Paycheck Pl...
www.povertyactionlab.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:23 PM
💼This #EITCAwarenessDay, we’re highlighting evidence from New York City showing that expanding #EITC eligibility to workers without dependent children led to higher employment and lower poverty. Learn more: www.povertyactionlab.org/evaluation/e...
He was on the board of MDRC and was generally awesome.
September 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
He was on the board of MDRC and was generally awesome.
"New reports from Ontario’s MAiD Death Review Committee (MDRC) raise questions about whether proper assessments, thorough exploration of suffering, and informed consent were consistently practised by MAiD clinicians." by Ramona Coelho
macdonaldlaurier.ca/rushing-to-d...
macdonaldlaurier.ca/rushing-to-d...
Rushing to death in Canada’s MAiD regime: Ramona Coelho for Inside Policy | Macdonald-Laurier Institute
New reports from Ontario’s MAiD Death Review Committee (MDRC) raise questions about whether proper assessments, thorough exploration of suffering, and informed consent were consistently practised by M...
macdonaldlaurier.ca
April 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"New reports from Ontario’s MAiD Death Review Committee (MDRC) raise questions about whether proper assessments, thorough exploration of suffering, and informed consent were consistently practised by MAiD clinicians." by Ramona Coelho
macdonaldlaurier.ca/rushing-to-d...
macdonaldlaurier.ca/rushing-to-d...
Oh when I worked at MDRC we had a whole presentation we regularly gave to explain the concept of the counterfactual to folks. This is really hard for people, even fairly well-educated people to grasp and incorporate into their thinking.
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Oh when I worked at MDRC we had a whole presentation we regularly gave to explain the concept of the counterfactual to folks. This is really hard for people, even fairly well-educated people to grasp and incorporate into their thinking.
This is a fantastic resource for students looking for a paper topic
25 RCTs, with documentation and data
Thank you, @mdrc-news.bsky.social!
www.cos.io/blog/data-fr...
25 RCTs, with documentation and data
Thank you, @mdrc-news.bsky.social!
www.cos.io/blog/data-fr...
Data from 25+ of MDRC’s Postsecondary RCTs Available via ICPSR
The Higher Education Randomized Controlled Trial’s (THE-RCT) restricted access file is available at ICPSR, includes de-identified data from 25+ postsecondary RCTs.
www.cos.io
February 18, 2026 at 3:54 PM
This is a fantastic resource for students looking for a paper topic
25 RCTs, with documentation and data
Thank you, @mdrc-news.bsky.social!
www.cos.io/blog/data-fr...
25 RCTs, with documentation and data
Thank you, @mdrc-news.bsky.social!
www.cos.io/blog/data-fr...
Heartbreaking to see announcements of major layoffs at most research organizations that have played a vital role in supporting federal statistics for education and developing high-quality evidence about what policies/practices actually work.
Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed.
Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed.
March 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Heartbreaking to see announcements of major layoffs at most research organizations that have played a vital role in supporting federal statistics for education and developing high-quality evidence about what policies/practices actually work.
Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed.
Below are just a few examples from my LinkedIn feed.
Not one, but folks at MDRC have compiled a dataset from over 25 RCTs with over 65000 individuals. More info here:
www.mdrc.org/work/project...
www.mdrc.org/work/project...
The Higher Education Randomized Controlled Trial | MDRC
For The Higher Education Randomized Controlled Trial project (THE-RCT), MDRC has created the largest individual-participant database from higher education randomized controlled trials to date. THE-RCT...
www.mdrc.org
May 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Not one, but folks at MDRC have compiled a dataset from over 25 RCTs with over 65000 individuals. More info here:
www.mdrc.org/work/project...
www.mdrc.org/work/project...
Within the last 24 hours I have seen notifications that Mathematica, MDRC, Urban Institute, WestEd, and NORC have all had to reduce their workforce, laying off a significant portion of their staff. I've even seen some non-profits completely going out of business. It's tough out there. 💔
March 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Within the last 24 hours I have seen notifications that Mathematica, MDRC, Urban Institute, WestEd, and NORC have all had to reduce their workforce, laying off a significant portion of their staff. I've even seen some non-profits completely going out of business. It's tough out there. 💔
If you have followed me for a while you know that i got my start in the evaluation world and contributed to RCTs and quasiexperimental analyses of numerous policies during my time at MDRC and later MEF. You also know I have my share of critiques about industry blind spots. 4/x But...
March 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
If you have followed me for a while you know that i got my start in the evaluation world and contributed to RCTs and quasiexperimental analyses of numerous policies during my time at MDRC and later MEF. You also know I have my share of critiques about industry blind spots. 4/x But...
Apply for Summer 2026 Doctoral #Fellowships and Undergraduate #Internships in the MDRC Gueron Scholars Program www.mdrc.org/news/apply-s...
Apply for Summer 2026 Doctoral Fellowships and Undergraduate Internships in the MDRC Gueron Scholars Program | MDRC
Teaming up with The Policy Academies, MDRC is offering two opportunities in the summer of 2026 for graduate and undergraduate students in its Gueron Scholars Program: (1) doctoral fellowships with sti...
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November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Apply for Summer 2026 Doctoral #Fellowships and Undergraduate #Internships in the MDRC Gueron Scholars Program www.mdrc.org/news/apply-s...
Please share this opportunity with any grad students or early-career scholars interested in rural higher education
The National Rural Higher Education Research Center at MDRC is now taking applications for the first cohort of the Rural Research Mentorship Network
www.mdrc.org/work/project...
The National Rural Higher Education Research Center at MDRC is now taking applications for the first cohort of the Rural Research Mentorship Network
www.mdrc.org/work/project...
National Rural Higher Education Research Center | MDRC
Funded by the U.S.
www.mdrc.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Please share this opportunity with any grad students or early-career scholars interested in rural higher education
The National Rural Higher Education Research Center at MDRC is now taking applications for the first cohort of the Rural Research Mentorship Network
www.mdrc.org/work/project...
The National Rural Higher Education Research Center at MDRC is now taking applications for the first cohort of the Rural Research Mentorship Network
www.mdrc.org/work/project...
My very first job out of college was working as an RA at MDRC on the Career Academies evaluation, funded by Dept of Ed. I got to meet the first IES director when my boss let me tag along for a presentation in DC. Here’s a blurb on the program, the study and its impact www.mdrc.org/work/project...
February 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
My very first job out of college was working as an RA at MDRC on the Career Academies evaluation, funded by Dept of Ed. I got to meet the first IES director when my boss let me tag along for a presentation in DC. Here’s a blurb on the program, the study and its impact www.mdrc.org/work/project...
Hey! I'm Erika-- an interdisciplinary social scientist. I mainly study higher ed access and completion for MDRC. I'm an implementation researcher and trained anthropologist.
February 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Hey! I'm Erika-- an interdisciplinary social scientist. I mainly study higher ed access and completion for MDRC. I'm an implementation researcher and trained anthropologist.
Colleagues and I (as a project with MDRC wrote (yet another) power calculator, primarily for handling corrections for multiple outcomes. But for generic power stuff it easily plots power curves like this! See more @ cares-blog.gse.harvard.edu/post/intro-p... #power_calculation #Statistics
March 12, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Colleagues and I (as a project with MDRC wrote (yet another) power calculator, primarily for handling corrections for multiple outcomes. But for generic power stuff it easily plots power curves like this! See more @ cares-blog.gse.harvard.edu/post/intro-p... #power_calculation #Statistics
Excited to welcome the 2026 cohort of MDRC Gueron Scholars to our NYC offices!
June 9, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Excited to welcome the 2026 cohort of MDRC Gueron Scholars to our NYC offices!
Catty.. That was the standard at MDRC.
March 17, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Catty.. That was the standard at MDRC.