Noam Angrist
@noamangrist.bsky.social
Co-founder, Youth Impact
Academic Director, What Works Hub for Global Education
Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Academic Director, What Works Hub for Global Education
Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
We measure practitioner teacher beliefs and show they update accurately towards identifying "what works," revealing the power of embedded learning to drive change on the front lines
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
We measure practitioner teacher beliefs and show they update accurately towards identifying "what works," revealing the power of embedded learning to drive change on the front lines
➡️ Learning is iterative and cumulative. We show how randomized trials can be at once rigorous, while also rapid and regular. We put together over 12 A/B tests which we ran starting in 2020, once every school term, in Botswana.
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
➡️ Learning is iterative and cumulative. We show how randomized trials can be at once rigorous, while also rapid and regular. We put together over 12 A/B tests which we ran starting in 2020, once every school term, in Botswana.
📣 Our paper is out on 12 A/B tests all together showing *big* efficiency gains! So excited about this paper & broader approach. We optimize tutoring programs which are famously effective but hard to scale. Highlights👇
@wwhglobaled.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social
www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...
@wwhglobaled.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social
www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
📣 Our paper is out on 12 A/B tests all together showing *big* efficiency gains! So excited about this paper & broader approach. We optimize tutoring programs which are famously effective but hard to scale. Highlights👇
@wwhglobaled.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social
www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...
@wwhglobaled.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social
www.wwhge.org/resources/ch...
How much and what type of evidence is "enough" to take the next jump in the scaling journey? Our new case study is out exploring these dynamics in the case of education reform. Produced by the @blavatnikschool.bsky.social in collaboration with @wwhglobaled.bsky.social
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October 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
How much and what type of evidence is "enough" to take the next jump in the scaling journey? Our new case study is out exploring these dynamics in the case of education reform. Produced by the @blavatnikschool.bsky.social in collaboration with @wwhglobaled.bsky.social
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📣 Our partnership b/w World Bank & What Works Hub for Global Education @wwhglobaled.bsky.social aims to ensure large-scale government-led education reforms are backed by evidence & implemented at quality on the ground
➡️ Read about Implementation Science for Education 👇
www.wwhge.org/resources/in...
➡️ Read about Implementation Science for Education 👇
www.wwhge.org/resources/in...
October 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📣 Our partnership b/w World Bank & What Works Hub for Global Education @wwhglobaled.bsky.social aims to ensure large-scale government-led education reforms are backed by evidence & implemented at quality on the ground
➡️ Read about Implementation Science for Education 👇
www.wwhge.org/resources/in...
➡️ Read about Implementation Science for Education 👇
www.wwhge.org/resources/in...
Great to speak at the Conference on Quantitative Education Research at Stellenbosch University in South Africa w/ a unique mix of researchers, policymakers & practitioners, to hear from the Minister of Education + a stunning mountain backdrop! @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Great to speak at the Conference on Quantitative Education Research at Stellenbosch University in South Africa w/ a unique mix of researchers, policymakers & practitioners, to hear from the Minister of Education + a stunning mountain backdrop! @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social @youthimpactorg.bsky.social
Nice to be back with @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social among fellow fellows! @alexeble.bsky.social @marome1.bsky.social @boldinsights.bsky.social
➡️ For those interested in the future: jacobsfoundation.org/activity/jac...
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social
➡️ For those interested in the future: jacobsfoundation.org/activity/jac...
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Nice to be back with @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social among fellow fellows! @alexeble.bsky.social @marome1.bsky.social @boldinsights.bsky.social
➡️ For those interested in the future: jacobsfoundation.org/activity/jac...
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social
➡️ For those interested in the future: jacobsfoundation.org/activity/jac...
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @oxfordcsae.bsky.social
Happy Father's day -- from the Angrists in Oxford!
June 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Happy Father's day -- from the Angrists in Oxford!
For those in and around Oxford, come join this event tomorrow! @oxfordcsae.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
June 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
For those in and around Oxford, come join this event tomorrow! @oxfordcsae.bsky.social @oxfordecondept.bsky.social @blavatnikschool.bsky.social @wwhglobaled.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
A treat to be in schools today w/ British High Commissioner Giles Enticknap & Grace Muzila, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Finance & Advisory Forum Chair @youthimpactorg.bsky.social to see Teaching at the Right Level in action on a fast-track to national scale.
March 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A treat to be in schools today w/ British High Commissioner Giles Enticknap & Grace Muzila, former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Finance & Advisory Forum Chair @youthimpactorg.bsky.social to see Teaching at the Right Level in action on a fast-track to national scale.
An honor to give the keynote at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Economists' Forum on "making impact evaluations useful" convening ADB economists across dozens of countries and hosted by Chief Economist Albert Park and team.
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
An honor to give the keynote at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Annual Economists' Forum on "making impact evaluations useful" convening ADB economists across dozens of countries and hosted by Chief Economist Albert Park and team.
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social
@blavatnikschool.bsky.social
Join us on the last AEA day: Sunday, Jan 5 1-3 PM "Education Technology and Inequality: Randomized Trials of Tech to Enable Children's Learning across 10 Countries" w/ Loeb Aker Andrabi Glewwe @assameeting.bsky.social #ASSA2025
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January 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Join us on the last AEA day: Sunday, Jan 5 1-3 PM "Education Technology and Inequality: Randomized Trials of Tech to Enable Children's Learning across 10 Countries" w/ Loeb Aker Andrabi Glewwe @assameeting.bsky.social #ASSA2025
benny.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
benny.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
Really looking forward to our session "The Science of Evidence Use: Policymaker & Practitioner Preferences and Responsiveness" at the AEAs. @assameeting.bsky.social
➡️ Join us! Worth being up for the early slot Sat Jan 4th 8-10am PST.
@evavivalt.bsky.social DellaVigna @mattietoma.bsky.social Andrabi
➡️ Join us! Worth being up for the early slot Sat Jan 4th 8-10am PST.
@evavivalt.bsky.social DellaVigna @mattietoma.bsky.social Andrabi
January 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Really looking forward to our session "The Science of Evidence Use: Policymaker & Practitioner Preferences and Responsiveness" at the AEAs. @assameeting.bsky.social
➡️ Join us! Worth being up for the early slot Sat Jan 4th 8-10am PST.
@evavivalt.bsky.social DellaVigna @mattietoma.bsky.social Andrabi
➡️ Join us! Worth being up for the early slot Sat Jan 4th 8-10am PST.
@evavivalt.bsky.social DellaVigna @mattietoma.bsky.social Andrabi
Looking forward to the AEAs in San Francisco!
➡️ Join us on Fri Jan 3 230-430 PST for "Frontiers for Analysis of Experiments and Clinical Trials" w/ @susanathey.bsky.social Dean Karlan Amanda Kowalski Joseph Doyle.
www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
➡️ Join us on Fri Jan 3 230-430 PST for "Frontiers for Analysis of Experiments and Clinical Trials" w/ @susanathey.bsky.social Dean Karlan Amanda Kowalski Joseph Doyle.
www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
January 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Looking forward to the AEAs in San Francisco!
➡️ Join us on Fri Jan 3 230-430 PST for "Frontiers for Analysis of Experiments and Clinical Trials" w/ @susanathey.bsky.social Dean Karlan Amanda Kowalski Joseph Doyle.
www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
➡️ Join us on Fri Jan 3 230-430 PST for "Frontiers for Analysis of Experiments and Clinical Trials" w/ @susanathey.bsky.social Dean Karlan Amanda Kowalski Joseph Doyle.
www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...
Appreciate this @felbarrera.bsky.social! Now including the full abstract highlighting cost-effective approaches like Teaching at the Right Level and Structured Pedagogy among others. This work fed into recommendations by the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel: www.worldbank.org/en/topic/tea...
December 11, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Appreciate this @felbarrera.bsky.social! Now including the full abstract highlighting cost-effective approaches like Teaching at the Right Level and Structured Pedagogy among others. This work fed into recommendations by the Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel: www.worldbank.org/en/topic/tea...
📣 Our paper "How to improve education outcomes most efficiently" was recently published in the Journal of Development Economics! Co-authored w/ @daveevansphd.bsky.social Filmer Glennerster Sabarwal Rogers. Rewarding to see this work inform research & policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 9, 2024 at 9:07 PM
📣 Our paper "How to improve education outcomes most efficiently" was recently published in the Journal of Development Economics! Co-authored w/ @daveevansphd.bsky.social Filmer Glennerster Sabarwal Rogers. Rewarding to see this work inform research & policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We mention a few similarities & differences between traditional IEs and A/B tests here: www.wwhge.org/resources/a-.... Not comprehensive but highlighting three A/B testing dimensions -- Rigorous, Rapid, Regular -- with rigor common to both, but rapid & regular more typical of A/B tests.
December 8, 2024 at 4:19 PM
We mention a few similarities & differences between traditional IEs and A/B tests here: www.wwhge.org/resources/a-.... Not comprehensive but highlighting three A/B testing dimensions -- Rigorous, Rapid, Regular -- with rigor common to both, but rapid & regular more typical of A/B tests.
Late to the BlueSky party but finally arrived. Looking forward to revitalized econ/research threads. Below an article I enjoyed this morning @natureportfolio.bsky.social on the disconnect between science & policy: www.nature.com/articles/d41.... New survey data👇: media.nature.com/lw767/magazi...
December 8, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Late to the BlueSky party but finally arrived. Looking forward to revitalized econ/research threads. Below an article I enjoyed this morning @natureportfolio.bsky.social on the disconnect between science & policy: www.nature.com/articles/d41.... New survey data👇: media.nature.com/lw767/magazi...