When Evidence is Not Enough: Findings from a Randomized Evaluation of Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI)

I would like to thank the staff at the Grand Valley State University (GVSU) Charter School Office and Evidence-Based Literacy Instruction (EBLI) for their assistance throughout this project. Wendy Miller, Nora Chahbazi and Ram Ravikumar were especially generous with their time. I would also like to thank staff at the Education Policy Initiative for all their hard work, including Julie Monteiro de Castro, Scott Krywko, Carrie (Wenjing) Xu, and Tedi Engler. All errors and omissions are my own. This RCT was registered in the American Economic Association Registry for randomized control trials. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.