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Front Cover\nThe What Works Centres: Lessons and Insights from an Evidence Movement\nCopyright information\nTable of contents\nList of figures\nList of abbreviations\nNotes on contributors\nAcknowledgements\nForeword\nPart I\n 1 The scene is set\n Why is this?\n Notes\n References\n 2 How did we get here? What Works in the UK? A personal journey\n What a difference leadership makes\n Investment and infrastructure (uneasy collaboration and competition)\n The elephant in the room: what was meant by evidence?\n Research impact carrots and sticks\n Devolution\n Learning by doing\n Conclusion\n Note\n References\n 3 The role of NICE in the evidence-based health system\n The guidelines\n Why did it work?\n An expanded role\n Challenges\n How far is NICE a model for others?\n Notes\n References\n 4 What works in crime and policing: getting closer to the frontline\n Why What Works in a crime and policing context\n What success would look like and how would it be delivered\n Increased access: toolkit and standards\n Getting the evidence used in the policing context\n Pulling all the levers\n How far have we got and what lessons have we learned?\n Getting it shared: easily accessible evidence which is timely\n Improving the pipeline: getting more evidence\n Getting the evidence used at all levels\n Widening the network of innovators and early adopters\n Where next?\n Acknowledgements\n Notes\n References\n 5 The Education Endowment Foundation: building the role of evidence in the education system\n Evidence generation\n Evidence synthesis\n Evidence mobilisation\n The future of evidence in education\n Note\n References\n 6 Audiences first, evidence second: lessons from the Early Intervention Foundation\n Introduction\n Start with what your audiences’ need\n Be clear what you mean by evidence\n Focus on getting evidence used\n Build strong partnerships and relationships\n Measure your impact\n Conclusion\n Note\n References\n 7 Overcoming the youth employment evidence challenge\n Introduction\n Generating evidence in a fragmented policy and practice context and a fluctuating labour market\n From development to impact\n Understanding the youth employment system\n Fluctuating labour markets\n Next steps\n Engaging employers in evidence\n Employer Advisory Board\n Rapid Evidence Assessments\n Involving young people in what works\n Participation in practice\n Conclusion\n Notes\n References\n 8 ‘Pulling rather than pushing’: a demand-led approach to evidence mobilisation\n Introduction\n Identifying evidence needs\n Convening evidence\n Communicating evidence\n Advancing understanding of evidence use\n Advocating for evidence use\n Conclusion\n References\n 9 The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth: some lessons from the first ten years\n Introduction\n Phase 1: Evidence reviews – what works?\n Systematic evidence reviews\n A focus on impact evaluations\n A focus on key economic outcomes\n Piloting, scoring, iterating, updating\n Phase 2: Toolkits – what works best?\n Phase 3: Demonstrators and evaluation support – helping to fill the evidence gaps\n Conclusions\n Disclaimer\n Note\nPart II\n 10 Criticisms and challenges of the What Works Centres\n Ten challenges and criticisms\n 1. Audiences and coverage: the challenge of focus\n 2. The marmite factor: criticism of randomised controlled trials\n 3. The evidence won’t travel: the contextual challenge\n 4. Confusing methodological pluralism: what counts as evidence?\n 5. Empty reviews and evidence gaps\n 6. Failing on scaling\n 7. Policy influence: the difficulty of biting the hand that feeds you\n 8. A failure to measure outcomes\n 9. Short-termism\n 10. Erasure\n References\n 11 Higher aspirations: growing from a university home to an independent body\n The importance of empiricism\n Longer-term thinking\n Student success\n Research ethics\n Data collection/harmonisation\n Regulation\n Partnerships\n Conclusion\n Reference\n 12 Using evidence to end homelessness\n How is the Centre for Homelessness Impact different?\n Challenges\n Staffing\n Funding\n Data collection\n Ethics\n Stronger together\n Conclusion\n Notes\n References\n 13 Scaling up: taking ‘what works’ to the next level\n Introduction\n Scaling up requires a whole system approach\n Begin by defining the end vision\n Strategies and activities involved in scaling up\n What does this mean for the work of What Works Centres?\n Conclusion\n References\n 14 Measuring what matters\n Introduction\n Measuring what matters\n What is success and how do we know\n Measuring children and young people’s wellbeing\n Evaluation\n What next for subjective wellbeing and towards administrative data to support trials\n Conclusion\n Notes\n References\n 15 Bringing it all together: the future of evidence synthesis\n Producing evidence with rigour: shared principles and diverse methods\n Stages and diversity in the review process\n Combining approaches to reviewing\n Producing evidence rapidly: coordinated effort and efficiency\n Rapid reviews with more focused effort\n Rapid reviews with greater efficiency\n Producing evidence with relevance\n What next for the What Works Network?\n Notes\n References\n 16 Frontiers in equality\n Two types of question: gaps and animus\n Gaps\n Mean difference\n Cultural, historical and theoretical difference\n Study design\n Oversampling\n Manipulation checks\n Animus\n Differences in approach\n Conclusion\n Notes\n References\n 17 Evidence at the grassroots\n 18 Conclusion\n Introduction\n Top tips for new centres\n Carts and horses\n Standards of evidence and rigour\n Be relentlessly practical\n Listen – and think\n Recommendations for the future\n Data\n A strategic approach to new centres\n Initiatives – not centres\n Collaboration\nIndex