4th Meeting of the Community of Practice on Education Policy Impact Evaluation - Learning Lab
A focus on the practical aspects of planning rigorous evaluations of education policies.
Planning evaluations through pilot projects and randomised controlled trials
Purpose and scope of the CoP
The purpose of the Community of Practice is to foster the collaboration between public administration officials, external evaluators and education stakeholders in creating an appropriate environment for sharing experience and knowledge on counterfactual impact evaluation of education policies. By promoting mutual learning and capacity building, the CoP aims to support evidence-informed policymaking across EU countries.
Aim of the meeting
This fourth meeting of the CoP will focus on the practical aspects of planning rigorous evaluations of education policies through the design and implementation of pilot projects and randomised controlled trials (RCTs).
It will explore how
- pilot initiatives can be used to test education reforms on a small scale before full implementation
- RCTs can generate robust evidence on what works, for whom, and under what conditions
The meeting will provide a platform for exchanging good practices, discussing methodological challenges, and drawing lessons from concrete examples. It will also aim to strengthen participants’ understanding of when and how to use these approaches effectively within the policy cycle.
Target participants
Public administration officials, external evaluators currently working with public administrations on impact evaluation of education policies, or education stakeholders.
Programme
Biography
Silvia Granato is Economic and Policy Analyst at the European Commission - Joint Research Centre, Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME), specialised in ex-post policy evaluation through the use of micro data and counterfactual impact evaluation methods. She holds a PhD in Economics from the Queen Mary University of London.
Her research contributions are mainly in the field of economics of education, labour and gender economics.
At the European Commission, she contributes to DG EAC Learning Lab's goal of promoting the use of education policy evaluation practices in the EU.
Previously, she conducted several counterfactual impact evaluations of EU and national policies, including the European Social Fund Youth Employment Initiative in Portugal, the European Common Agricultural Policy, and RDI State aid in Slovenia.
Biography
Rossella Cravetto is a policy officer at the European Commission. She works for the Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture. She has a master’s degree in international Relations and Diplomatic Affairs from the University of Turin. She has spent the last five years promoting investment in quality education and training at EU level.
She is the coordinator of the Learning Lab initiative.
Biography
Inga Nekrošienė, Lithuanian Center for Inclusion in Education
Time: 15:15-15:30
Joana Duarte, DGEEC and Pedro Luis Silva, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Time: 15:30-15:45
Silvia Granato, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
Time: 15:45-16:00
Time: 16:00-16:15
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