Research Design
The Educational Policy Institute designs small- and large-scale research projects to answer questions that help us better understand the education system, how students learn, and how we can improve systems and strategies to improve the education process. This work, conducted for philanthropies, state/provincial agencies, federal governments, and organizations, is done to expand our knowledge through broad dissemination.

EPI's work in this are includes the design and implementation of experimental and non-experimental studies, formative and summative research, survey development, site-based research, including focus groups, interviews, and document retrieval/review, and data collection and analysis. EPI's staff and consultants include some of the best researchers from around the world.

The Educational Policy Institute had designed research studies for the following organizations:

• Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
• North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
• Lumina Foundation for Education
• Prudential Foundation
• Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
• National Action Council on Minorities in Engineering (NACME)
• The George Washington University
• The Pew Hispanic Center
• The U.S. Department of Education
• Lockheed Martin
• KIPP Schools