Resources Links
This page provides links to organisations that seek to synthesise and disseminate research evidence on the effectiveness of services for children and young people.
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Best Evidence Encyclopedia (BEE)
The Best Evidence Encyclopedia (BEE) presents reliable, unbiased reviews of research-proven educational programs to help: policy makers use evidence to make informed choices; school principals choose proven programs to meet state standards; teachers use the most powerful tools available; and researchers find rigorous evaluations of educational programs.
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Campbell Collaboration
The Campbell Collaboration (C2) helps people make well-informed decisions by preparing, maintaining and disseminating systematic reviews in education, crime and justice, and social welfare.
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Centre for Effective Services
The Centre for Effective Services is part of a new generation of intermediary organisations across the world connecting scientific evidence of what works to policy and practice to improve the lives of children, young people and the families and communities in which they live.
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Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services (C4EO)
The Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services provides a range of products and support services to improve outcomes. For the first time, excellence in local practice, combined with national research and data about 'what works' is being gathered in one place. C4EO shares this evidence and the best of local practice with all those who work with and for children and young people and provides practical 'hands on support' to help local areas make full use of this evidence.
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Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination is an international centre of excellence in evidence synthesis delivering high-quality research evidence and promoting the use of research evidence in health policy and practice.
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Cochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international, independent, not-for-profit organisation of over 28,000 contributors from more than 100 countries, dedicated to making up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of health care readily available worldwide.
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EPPI-Centre
The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre) is at the forefront of carrying out systematic reviews and developing review methods in social science and public policy. The Centre is dedicated to making reliable research findings accessible to the people who need them, whether they are making policy, practice or personal decisions.
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Research in Practice
The mission of Research in Practice is to build the capacity for evidence-informed practice in children’s services. It's work is about bringing together practitioner expertise with formal research evidence – creating new knowledge, new skills and a new energy to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families. We support your people, your priorities and your performance.
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What Works Clearinghouse
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. It seeks to: produce user-friendly practice guides for educators that address instructional challenges with research-based recommendations for schools and classrooms; assess the rigor of research evidence on the effectiveness of interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies), giving educators the tools to make informed decisions; develop and implement standards for reviewing and synthesizing education research; and provide a public and easily accessible registry of education evaluation researchers to assist schools, school districts, and program developers with designing and carrying out rigorous evaluations.
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