Amanda Beatty
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Research and innovation @youthimpactorg
Cambridge, MA
Joined April 2011
🚨 Many years in the making, our WP is out - “Who benefits and loses from large changes to student composition? Assessing impacts of lowering school admissions standards in Indonesia” With @BerkhoutEmilie @goldydharmawan @dsuryadarma #MennoPradhan
https://t.co/bQwd92JR01 🧵(1/12)
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📣 We're hiring two postdocs to join the What Works Hub for Global Education team @BlavatnikSchool @UniofOxford. Spread the word and apply by Aug 7! Join our new & growing team. https://t.co/82ml1saZfF
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We seek the highest calibre academic, research and professional staff who share our values and commitment to a world better led, better served and better governed.
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📣@youthimpactorg is hiring for a bunch of exciting roles, including a program manager for a partnership with the Department of Basic Education in South Africa to pilot, test, and scaled evidence-based education programs. Please circulate and apply!
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Cambridge spends ~$35k year/student (highest in MA) and we still cannot manage to deliver differentiated instruction in middle school math
Cambridge Public Schools eliminated advanced math in middle school with the aim of reducing disparities between low-income children of color and their more affluent peers. But some families and educators argue the decision has had the opposite effect.
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we’ve had a ringside seat watching @youthimpactorg develop, iterate, and scale this model over a surprisingly short time. so awesome to see what can happen when an organization designs something for scale from the outset then goes all out to make it happen.
When a math education innovation from Botswana scaled across 5 other countries, the number of students who learned division increased by 65% on average. Colin Crossley and @JennyPerlman look at the factors behind its success:
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When a math education innovation from Botswana scaled across 5 other countries, the number of students who learned division increased by 65% on average. Colin Crossley and @JennyPerlman look at the factors behind its success:
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A new study across five countries finds that math skills increased when using a low-tech intervention.
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📣Our new mega-paper just released in @nberpubs. So proud of this one. A 5-country randomized trial in India, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, & Uganda. We evaluate phone calls to deliver targeted education during school disruptions. Learning gains = .33 SD. https://t.co/VRuF1DdnIi 👇
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🎉Happy 9 year anniversary @youthimpactorg. SO much to be grateful for and so much we are still to do. Thank you to all our champions who made this possible.🌻 @angrist_noam @TLetsomo @tende_mukoyi @mandabeat @kon_buechel @ccullen_1
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Are you at #CIES2023? We are excited to share insights from our #TaRL and #ConnectEd programming and A/B testing. Please join us!
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Join an amazing team of researchers and practitioners passionate about finding truth and beauty and helping youth learn and thrive. Happy to answer questions!
📣 One of the best research jobs in the world is open for applications! If you want to use rigorous research to make a real-world, real-time impact, this is your chance. Join @youthimpactorg as a Research Associate. Early bird application Jan 13. https://t.co/CcUn1914q3
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A 4% tax on people earing over $1m/year *barely* passed with 52% voting yes in MA
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Here are the results of the 2022 Massachusetts statewide offices and ballot question elections, as reported by The Associated Press.
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From my 1st interviews, I felt this org was taking off. Super excited to be led by @TshepiMatsheng @angrist_noam & working with @ccullen_1 @kon_buechel @janica_magat @TLetsomo & many others. Cant wait to see how we grow in the coming years🚀.
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So excited to have joined the research & innovation team @youthimpactorg. Still a newbie but generally my job involves supporting YI & other orgs in delivering high-quality programs re learning and health. My team collects data & runs RCTs for scaling and program improvement.
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I'm indebted to many at Mathematica, most not on Twitter; special gratitude to @delzaz @_matt_sloan @KimBoller1 and @AnuRangarajan2, a role model of endless curiosity & persistence. It's been a month and I miss you all already.
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Mathematica allowed me to write a lot, learn from some great policy and proposal writers, run big-ish research projects, communicate research, and stay connected to Indonesia, through MCC's (7-year!) CDD/nutrition RCT and RISE Indonesia @SMERUInstitute.
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Belated life update...new job! @MathematicaNow➡️ @youthimpactorg Incredibly grateful for the last ~10 years at Mathematica. (Technically 9 ...they generously held my job during a year's leave at amazing @CGDev working with @riseprogramme.)
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USA NAEP scores 2019 -> 2022 went down in both subjects and grades. Largest drop ever seen in math. https://t.co/IMFnnUrCLr Some nice figures and analysis in https://t.co/Cv2rQoBZ9X
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It's the beginning of the end or the end of the end
🚨🚨🚨 The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.
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And working w coauthors @BerkhoutEmilie @goldydharmawan @dsuryadarma #MennoPradhan was an amazing privilege🥰. Glad it doesn’t end yet as we still have to try to publish this! https://t.co/bQwd92JR01 (12/12)
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