📣 Don't miss two exciting workshops at #CIES2026 today and tomorrow! 📏 Sat, 28 March, 4:30 to 5:45pm: Implementation measurement ⚖️ Sunday, 29 March, 9:45 to 11:00am: A/B testing #CIES2026WWHGE | #ImplementationScience | #ABtesting

⏰ It's not too late to register for our Community of Practice networking event alongside #CIES2026! Opening remarks from Armando Ali, Janice Dolan, Jonathan Stern & @noamangrist.bsky.social. Register: bit.ly/4biDwnA 📅 Sunday, 29 March, 6–8pm 📍 Only 4 minutes’ walk from the CIES conference hotel

📏 When budgets are tight, regular & systematic implementation measurement is more essential than ever. Join us at a #CIES2026 workshop where we'll outline a practical approach with useful tools to help researchers & implementers track & compare implementation across a range of education programmes.

😭It's almost over Join us for the final panel of #OxCSAE2026 'Science of Scale & Implementation: New Frontiers for Research' with @noamangrist.bsky.social, James Habyarimana, Dean Karlan, & Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane. @wwhglobaled.bsky.social Watch live: us02web.zoom.us/j/81884170412

⏳ Only 4 days until the 2026 CSAE Conference’s exciting closing panel on ‘The Science of Scale and Implementation: New Frontiers for Research’ with James Habyarimana, Dean Karlan, Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane & noamangrist.bsky.social! #OxCSAE2026 #ImplementationScience @oxfordcsae.bsky.social

⏳Not long to go until the CSAE Conference 2026 & our closing panel 'Science of Scale & Implementation: New Frontiers for Research'. Not attending #OxCSAE2026? Watch live online here: csae.web.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...

📣 Join us for the Closing Panel on March 24th 16:30 - 18:00 at the annual CSAE conference @oxfordcsae.bsky.social. We're hosting a joint panel with the @wwhglobaled.bsky.social on the "Science of Scale and Implementation: New Frontiers for Research"

✨ New piece live at the Development Policy Centre building on our Australasian AID Conference keynote panel on the science of scale and implementation. devpolicy.org/the-science-...

A treat to host @nobelprize.org winner James Robinson in Botswana last week 🇧🇼. I read James's pioneering work when I first started working in Botswana. Hosting him was a full circle moment.

📍 Webinar: Iterative A/B Testing — A Practical Toolkit to Optimise What Works at Scale | 11 March 👉Register: www.wwhge.org/events/itera... @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @poverty-action.bsky.social @theagencyfund.bsky.social @noamangrist.bsky.social #IterativeTesting #Education #ImplementationScience

📣 Join us for practical how-tos on A/B testing on March 11 w/ @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social @poverty-action.bsky.social Gates Foundation The Agency Fund and the South Africa Department of Basic Education: www.wwhge.org/events/itera...

💡 How can large-scale government and World Bank programmes be improved in real-time? A partnership between the World Bank and @wwhglobaled.bsky.social used A/B testing to keep implementation on track in the context of a large-scale TaRL programme in Ghana. www.wwhge.org/resources/im...

📈Scaling What Works: Institutionalizing mEducation in Public Education Systems Join this webinar hosted by @hundredorg.bsky.social and @poverty-action.bsky.social , featuring our co-founder @noamangrist.bsky.social, to explore what it takes to institutionalise what works.

Speakers: 🔹James Habyarimana (Georgetown University) 🔹Dean Karlan (Northwestern University) 🔹Nompumelelo Nyathi-Mohohlwane (National Department of Basic Education, South Africa) Chair: @noamangrist.bsky.social (University of Oxford) #OxCSAE2026 @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social

In the social sector, waiting years for evaluation results can mean missed opportunities. Iterative A/B testing bridges the gap between measurement and implementation delivering causal evidence in weeks, not years to improve programs as they roll out. 🧵 @ssir.org @noamangrist.bsky.social

📣 New piece on the core components of teaching at the right level combining insight from RCTs + adjacent fields + implementer views. To scale programs, we need to know their core components - what can't be removed to preserve impact & what can be removed to lower cost: www.wwhge.org/resources/co...

“Teaching to the individual level of the child is more effective than teaching a one-size-fits-all curriculum.” @noamangrist.bsky.social evaluates what works in education systems around the world. Aisha Schnellmann finds out more. #EducationEvidence boldscience.org/the-economis...

🎉Our new piece on Iterative A/B Testing is out in @ssir.org with @noamangrist.bsky.social @mandabeat.bsky.social & Tendekai Mukoyi. A case & toolkit for rigorous, rapid, and regular testing to improve cost-effectiveness at scale👇 💡 ssir.org/articles/ent... 🛠️ www.youth-impact.org/insights/a-b...

📣 Passionate about closing the gap between evidence and day-to-day implementation? Check out our new article "Iterative A/B testing for Social Impact: Rigorous, Rapid, and Regular" now out in @ssir.org w/ @mandabeat.bsky.social @ccullen.bsky.social Tendekai Mukoyi ssir.org/articles/ent...

I only recently learned that the first significant antisemitic massacre in Europe was in France and the Rhineland, 1096 by Crusaders who took a detour on their way to the Holy Land to slaughter 2000 Jews. We keep thinking it’s past history but it never seems to be. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinela...

👉 How do we scale up interventions without losing effectiveness? 📺 Watch the full keynote panel from the Australasian Aid Conference 2025 featuring our co-founder @noamangrist.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/live/tv-xZJl... #ImplementationScience #AAC2025

Our new Iterative A/B Testing Toolkit is live 🥳 A decade of A/B tests distilled into practical tools for rapid, rigorous learning. ⬇️Download: youth-impact.org/insights/a-b-testing-toolkit @noamangrist.bsky.social @j-pal.bsky.social #YouthImpact #ABTesting

👇 We've distilled a decade of lessons on A/B testing in the social sector in a new toolkit hot off the press to enable others to do the same. Check it out and keen to hear feedback -- we always continue to iterate & improve! Thanks to so many who enabled this learning culture & tangible techniques.

✨A stimulating panel on the science of scale at the Australasian AID Conference. An honor to share reflections alongside movers & shakers in government in Australia, the Philippines, and PNG. ➡️ Link to the recorded panel here: lnkd.in/eTjE5dFz ➡️ Link to the conference page here: lnkd.in/eUnhjHju

📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Tutoring is powerful but expensive to scale. Across 12 rapid A/B tests, @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social, & @janicalapati.bsky.social optimize a tech-enabled tutoring program, boosting efficiency & finding low-cost ways to double learning impact. 📄 bit.ly/49MbmC8

What are academic incentives and how do they relate to policy and practice? Can incentives be aligned? Check out today's article to learn about the different incentives in academia vs policy ⤵️

'Academic incentives' are often raised as a reason for research not impacting policy - but what actually are they? Academia remains a black box for most - academics just know how stuff works, and rarely write it down. So we asked @noamangrist.bsky.social for his thoughts ⤵️

An amazing opportunity, I recently used them in a presentation as the example of evidence->practice cycle that all orgs in the field should aspire to

📣 @youthimpactorg.bsky.social is hiring a Learning Partnerships Lead, who will lead A/B testing partnerships & high-profile research-to-action partnerships: www.youth-impact.org/join-our-tea... ➡️ An exciting role for those who care about rigorous evidence being used in practice on a day-to-day basis

Getting implementation right: 12 experiments to refine tutoring at scale www.wwhge.org/wp-content/u... Evidence from Botswana by @noamangrist.bsky.social, Cullen, & Magat

Tutoring school children is effective, but hard to scale. Researchers @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social, & @janicalapati.bsky.social used a novel A/B testing approach to enhance cost-effectiveness and scalability of a program in Botswana. 🔗 Read the new paper: https://bit.ly/3WYniJn

How can education outcomes be improved under new fiscal pressures? Alongside the 2025 #UKFIETConf in Oxford, @wwhglobaled.bsky.social brought together experts from our Community of Practice, working across the global education sector to share their reflections. www.wwhge.org/resources/sc...

Can A/B testing translate from the tech sector to the social sector? Our new working paper on 12 iterative experiments says “yes” ✅ 58% of our 12 A/B tests improved efficiency. That’s higher than tech benchmarks. 👉New working paper www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...

🚨So happy this is out in the world! Our paper on 12 A/B tests finds that quick, iterative experimentation produced large cost-effectiveness gains in an education program. Encouraging evidence for faster, rigorous learning in the social sector. ‪@noamangrist.bsky.social's summary🧵👇

We ran 12 A/B tests in 3 years. Each built on the last. Iteration = real results: lower costs, higher learning. A nimble way to scale evidence-based programs. 👉New working paper: www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...

🆕 New working paper out now! Cheaper (and more effective) by the dozen: Evidence from 12 randomised A/B tests optimising tutoring for scale, by @noamangrist.bsky.social, @ccullen.bsky.social & @janicalapati.bsky.social. @youthimpactorg.bsky.social 📍 Read more: www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...

📣 Our paper is out on 12 A/B tests all together showing *big* efficiency gains! So excited about this paper & broader approach. We optimize tutoring programs which are famously effective but hard to scale. Highlights👇 @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...

How much and what type of evidence is "enough" to take the next jump in the scaling journey? Our new case study is out exploring these dynamics in the case of education reform. Produced by the @blavatnikschool.bsky.social in collaboration with @wwhglobaled.bsky.social t.co/ojgFsyq5zT

📣 Our partnership b/w World Bank & What Works Hub for Global Education @wwhglobaled.bsky.social aims to ensure large-scale government-led education reforms are backed by evidence & implemented at quality on the ground ➡️ Read about Implementation Science for Education 👇 www.wwhge.org/resources/in...

Since USAID’s closure @datafirst.bsky.social's AFLEARN data hub has worked to preserve essential education data from over 43 countries, representing over 20 years of evidence. Great to see partners working together to address challenges imposed by aid cuts: www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/aflearn/data...

📣 New blog! @noamangrist.bsky.social ( @wwhglobaled.bsky.social), Luis Benveniste (World Bank), Nathanael Bevan and Judith Herbertson (UK's FCDO) announce a new partnership: the Implementation Science for Education (ISE) programme. Learn more: www.wwhge.org/resources/in...

Can research skills be integrated into operational implementation? @noamangrist.bsky.social discusses scaling-up & embedding evidence directly into the implementation process at the India Scale-Up Summit 👇 @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/QZ_UqVs...

Today, the CSAE's @noamangrist.bsky.social joins the India Scale-Up Summit in Delhi to explore pathways for scaling evidence-based programmes. Hosted by ASPIRE & @j-pal.bsky.social South Asia. @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social www.povertyactionlab.org/event/india-...

Join the @blavatnikschool.bsky.social Master of Public Policy program! Admissions are open until 2 December 2025. ⬇️ www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/study/mpp

✨“People matter more than projects and places—we follow the people.” At our town hall, co-founders @noamangrist.bsky.social and Moitshepi Matsheng answer questions from the team, sharing lessons learned and thoughts on what the future holds for Youth Impact.

New in @voxdev.bsky.social, I joined @noamangrist.bsky.social, Pia Britto, @gamblingondev.bsky.social, Michelle Kaffenberger, and @deankarlan.bsky.social on the impact of funding cuts and what we can do to continue progress despite them. voxdev.org/topic/educat...

This week we featured research on conflict and development, foundational learning and more... Read a summary of this work here: voxdev.org/topic/week-d...

In the latest @wwhglobaled.bsky.social article by the CSAE's @noamangrist.bsky.social, @gamblingondev.bsky.social & co-authors, researchers argue that foreign aid has a continued & critical role to play & highlight specific & highly leveraged roles for foreign aid.

💡NEW: It's time for foreign aid to prioritise foundational learning, argues @wwhglobaled.bsky.social. Their analysis shows that investing in just one year of foundational learning programmes boosts children's future earnings by $164 billion.👇 www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/news/experts...

⭐NEW @voxdev.bsky.social article by the CSAE's @noamangrist.bsky.social & @gamblingondev.bsky.social argues that foreign aid has a continued & critical role to play in education, & highlights specific & highly leveraged roles for foreign aid. voxdev.org/topic/educat...