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Methods notes for people who run or review education evaluations and care whether the conclusions hold up: baseline equivalence, measurement, effect sizes, and honest communication of uncertainty.

Written by Yuxia Liang, who studies educational measurement and evaluation at the College of Education, University of Washington. Author of the open-source baselinr R package for WWC-aligned baseline equivalence.

Publications

Liang, Y. (2026). A national disparate-impact audit of college completion equity. Educational Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08959048261489777

Free accepted manuscript: https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/p2dvf_v1