Designing and Implementing Randomized Field Trials of Interventions in Schools

By: George Bohrnstedt, Michael S. Garet, Sheppard Kellam, David Myers and Jeanne M. Poduska


Presentation for the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

The Purpose of the Session

  • To provide a way of thinking about randomized field trials. What do they entail? What are the major issues in mounting one?
  • Done by applying a framework that includes a core set of inter-related parameters for thinking about, planning and implementing randomized field trials (RFTs).