Institute for Education Sciences (IES) Methodological Resources

IES's National Center for Education Research (NCER) hosts an annual Summer Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials to increase the national capacity of researchers to develop and conduct rigorous evaluations of the effectiveness of education interventions. This site includes video transcripts and presentation files from the 2007 and 2008 Institutes. It also includes information from the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT), which provides guidance on the tracking and reporting of critical aspects of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).