Looking forward to representing Overdeck Family Foundation at this important event on how to address chronic absenteeism.

Since transitioning to a foundation I’m now on the other side of figuring out how precious resources should be invested. My latest in New America Ed highlighting what we DO know works to strengthen PreK - evidence-based curricula and aligned PD. newamerica.org/education-poli…

YES!!!! You should always expect a high level of failure and then make bigger bets/investments in what works.

Educational innovation: is 26% (for I3) a low success rate? I actually don't think so. It might be disappointing, but given what we know in other fields, we should expect most innovations to fail. But really important to know which do and do not work!

hechingerreport.org/proof-points-o…

NEW! Lottery-Based Evaluations of Early Education Programs: Opportunities and Challenges for Building the Next Generation of Evidence

[See below for the many illustrious coauthors!] journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… via Editors - AERA Open AERA

New paper out for those interested in executive functioning!🧠

Our study (and my first first author paper!✨) compares 30 ways of scoring the tablet-based Hearts & Flowers EF task.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

THIS THURS Ford School Ed Policy Talk!

Perspectives on Strengthening Education Policy in Partnership Across Different Roles

Meghan McCormick Meghan McCormick (Overdeck Foundation) & Jason Sachs Gates Foundation

📅Feb 8 @ 12noon
🏫1230 Weill Hall
RSVP myumi.ch/DwdwM

Excited to head to Ford School to talk about research, evidence and my new life as a funder.

Doing some landscaping on folks who have evaluated middle school STEM programs (that may or may not happen in the classroom). Potentially looking for an eval partner to fund - any ideas twitterverse?

The job of “tutor” is now the fastest-growing position in the K-12 sector. But a tight labor market has districts scrambling to find enough of them.

MDRC's Rebecca Davis offers 4 approaches states & districts are taking to meet the demand. mdrc.org/work/publicati…

In 2023, MDRC experts wrote commentaries offering evidence-based solutions for rural higher ed, homevisiting, community colleges, early ed assessments, and more.

Here are some highlights. mdrc.org/work/publicati…

Instructional alignment is associated w/ #preK persistence: Evidence from BostonPublicSchools

via Meghan McCormick, Cullen MacDowell, Christina Weiland, JoAnn Hsueh, Michelle Maier, Mirjana Pralica, Samuel Maves, Catherine Snow, & Jason Sachs sciencedirect.com/science/articl… via ScienceDirect

New implementation study of Child First home visiting out today authored my mdrc colleagues. This study was many years in the making and will be used to interpret findings from an impact study to be released in 2025. Thanks to The Duke Endowment for supporting this work!

My first foray into understanding the evidence base for ed programs funded by Overdeck Foundation. A lot more causal research is needed to validate tutoring, teacher prep. OST, STEM, and early childhood models but the programs are committed to this work. overdeck.org/news-and-resou…

What Will 2024 Hold for Early Care and Education? newamerica.org/education-poli… via @newamericaed Aaron Loewenberg