SCALE Initiative

Systems Change Advancing Learning and Equity

Transforming learning opportunities by leveraging knowledge for better education decision-making

conducting rigorous research
identifying, supporting, and scaling promising solutions
engaging decision-makers to integrate research, policy, and practice

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SCALE Projects

Moving from AI Promise to Learning Impact

Strengthening Education Policies for California Students

Equalizing Access to High-Impact Tutoring

Helping caregivers build strong home learning environments for their children

SCALE Programs

Research

SCALE Research

We test promising educational solutions to advance the knowledge base, empowering practitioners and policymakers with insights to build more equitable and effective education systems for students.

Partnerships

The Education Research Partnership Network (ERPN)

We envision a future in which collaborative research partnerships equip decision-makers with evidence to drive lasting, effective, and equitable change in education.

Mentorship

Graduate, Postdoctoral, and Undergraduate Fellows

We foster a vibrant intellectual community of researchers by training undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars to conduct rigorous empirical research.

Recent Research

Effects of High-Impact Tutoring on Student Attendance: Evidence from the OSSE HIT Initiative in the District of Columbia

Monica G. Lee, Susanna Loeb, Carly D. Robinson. (2024). EdWorkingPapers.com

Integrating Open Science Principles into Quasi-Experimental Social Science Research

Blake H. Heller, Carly D. Robinson. (2024). EdWorkingPapers.com

Tutor CoPilot: A Human-AI Approach for Scaling Real-Time Expertise

Rose E. Wang, Ana T. Ribeiro, Carly D. Robinson, Susanna Loeb, Dorottya Demszky. (2024). National Student Support Accelerator

Opportunities

SCALE Postdoctoral Fellowship

SCALE Fellows, comprised of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, are at the forefront of rigorous empirical research designed to create lasting impact in the field.

The Summer Research Fellowship For Educational Impact

The Summer Research Fellowship for Educational Impact is designed to meaningfully engage undergraduate students in rigorous empirical research that addresses critical issues in education.

Stanford Accelerator for Learning

Housed at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, the Stanford Accelerator for Learning is the first university-wide initiative connecting scholars across disciplines and with external partners to bridge research, innovation, practice, and policy, and bring quality scalable and equitable learning experiences to all learners, throughout the lifespan.

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