Why do so many promising solutions in education, medicine, and criminal justice fail to scale up into great policy? And can a new breed of “implementation scientists” crack the code?

SOURCES:
- Patti Chamberlain, senior research scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center.
- John List, professor of economics at the University of Chicago.
- Lauren Supplee, former deputy chief operating officer at Child Trends.
- Dana L. Suskind, professor of surgery at the University of Chicago.

RESOURCES:
- “How Can Experiments Play a Greater Role in Public Policy? 12 Proposals from an Economic Model of Scaling,” by Omar Al-Ubaydli, John List, Claire Mackevicius, Min Sok Lee, and Dana Suskind.
- “The Science of Using Science: Towards an Understanding of the Threats to Scaling Experiments,” by Omar Al-Ubaydli, John List, and Dana Suskind (The Field Experiments Website, 2019).
- “Inconsistent Device Use in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users: Prevalence and Risk Factors,” by K.B.Wiseman and A.D. Warner-Czyz (U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, 2018).

EXTRAS:
- "Why Do Most Ideas Fail to Scale?" by Freakonomics Radio (2022).
- "The Price of Doing Business with John List," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
- Child Trends.
- Oregon Social Learning Center.
- T.M.W. Center for Early Learning and Public Health.
- The Field Experiments Website.

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