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Evidence-Based Continuous Improvement

Measuring What Matters

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Impact Areas

PK-20, postsecondary, and out-of-school time education

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Use of mixed-method and improvement science approaches grounded in the learning sciences

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EFL has worked with a myriad of educational organizations nationwide

About Us

For over 20 years, the Evaluation for Learning (EFL) group has utilized evaluative inquiry, field knowledge, and improvement science approaches to support improved decision-making by educational leaders, practitioners, and policy shapers in PK-20.

Our core foci in the last several years have centered around college access and success programs, equity in dual enrollment participation, place-based scholarship initiatives, college and career coaching, school redesign with special emphasis on social-emotional learning, out-of-school time programs, and STEM learning.

Whether you are looking to understand your program's impact on educational outcomes or to identify areas for program improvement to increase internal capacity, EFL brings the expertise, experience, and partnership approach to help you get there.

Recent Projects

College-Going Access and Success

  • Pittsburgh Promise Coaching
  • Pittsburgh Promise Scholarship Impact
  • Institute of Politics Dual Enrollment Study

School Evaluation and Transformation

  • City Charter High School
  • United at Twin Rivers

Community Based Organizations for Educational Success

  • Classrooms without Borders
  • The CHILL Project by Allegheny Health Network
  • Reading is FUNdamental Pittsburgh

Improvement Networks

  • STEM PUSH Network
  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Centers for Systemic Change

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