Top Institute for Evidence Based Education Research

The Top Institute for Evidence Based Education Research (TIER) is an inter-university Top Institute that conducts research in the field of evidence based education. The Top Institute has three partners: the University of Amsterdam, Maastricht University and the University of Groningen.

The research group TIER wants to contribute to the improvement of the quality of education in the Netherlands by promoting an ‘evidence based’ approach as a guiding principle in education policy and practice. It intends to accomplish this by developing (cost-) effective education interventions, based on scientific research and scientific insights.

 

View the projects, working papers and people per university:

Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA)
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RUG)
Universiteit van Maastricht (UM)

Persbericht Centraal Planbureau 15 april 2010:

Lerarenbeurs leidt tot weinig extra scholingsdeelname van docenten. read more 

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Voortijdige schoolverlaters bevinden zich in een vicieuze cirkel

De literatuur rond voortijdig schoolverlaten (vsv) geeft aan dat leerlingen die zonder startkwalificatie schoolverlaten een grote kans hebben om in een vicieuze cirkel terecht te komen. Zo hebben ze bijvoorbeeld grotere... read more

 

"Edgard Milhaud" Prize

We are very pleased to announce that Kristof De Witte has won the first "Edgard Milhaud" Prize for his work " On analysing drinking water monopolies by robust non-parametric efficiency estimation. He will present his work and accept his award at the 28th International CIRIEC Congress, on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 2 p.m. in Berlin..read more