Selected Publications
Boruch, R. (in press for 2019). Donald Thomas Campbell: Game changer. In Sage Research Foundations Encyclopedia. London: Sage Publications, Ltd.
Boruch, R. (in press, 2018). To randomize or not to randomize, that is the question. New Directions in Program Evaluation.
Farrington, D., Losel, F., Boruch, R., and others (in press, 2018). The replication crisis in science and criminology. Journal of Experimental Criminology.
Wagner, D. A., Wolf, S., Boruch, R. F. (Eds.). (2018) Learning at the bottom of the pyramid: Science, measurement, and policy in low-income countries. Paris, France: UNESCO-IIEP.
Boruch, R. (2018). Conflict of interest. In B. Frey (Ed.), SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (p. 371). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781506326139.n141.
Boruch, R. (2018). Confidentiality. In B. Frey (Ed.), SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (pp.363–364). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781506326139.n139.
Boruch, R., Yang, R., Hyatt, J., & Turner, H. (2017). Randomized controlled trials. In B. Greve (Ed.), Handbook of social policy evaluation. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Boruch, R., Chao, J., & Lee, S. (2016). Program evaluation policy, practice, and use of results. Comparative Education Research Quarterly, 24(4), 71–90. DOI: 10 6151/CERQ.2016.2404.03.
Boruch, R. (2015) [Review of the book Fighting for reliable evidence, by J. M. Gueron & H. Rolston]. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 110 (509), 882–884.
Petrosino, A., Morgan C., Fronius, T., Tanner-Smith, E., & Boruch, R. (2015). What works in developing countries to get children into school or keep them there? A systematic review of rigorous impact studies. Research on Social Work Practice, 25, 44–60.
Boruch, R., & Ruby, A. (2015). To flop is human: Can we invent better scientific approaches to anticipating failure to meet expectations in randomized controlled trials and to learn from failure? In S. Kosslyn, R. Scott, & N. Pinkerton (Eds.), Emerging trends in the behavioral and social sciences. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Boruch, R., Petrosino, A., & Morgan, C. (2015). Meta-analyses, systematic reviews, and research syntheses. In K. Newcomer, H. Hatry, & J. Wholey (Eds.), Handbook of practical program evaluation (pp. 673–698). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Boruch, R. (2015). Street walking: Randomized controlled trials in criminology, education, and elsewhere. Journal of Experimental Criminology: Tenth Anniversary Issue [Online first, October], pp. 1–15. doi: 10.1007/s11292-015-9246-7.
Boruch, R., Rovine, M., Perna, L., & Ruby, A. (2015). Reply to Weibe et al. Educational Researcher, 44, 404–405.
Perna, L., Ruby, A., Boruch, R., et al. (2014). Moving through MOOCs: Understanding the progression of users through Massive Open Online Courses. Educational Researcher, 43, 421–432.
Boruch, R., Rui, N. (2008) 从RCT到证据分级评价系统:循证实践在社会 科学领域的发展现状 (From randomized controlled trials to evidence grading schemes: Current state of evidence-based practice in social sciences). 中国循证医学杂志 (Chinese Journal of Evidence-based Medicine) 9(1), 12–18.
Mosteller, F., & Boruch, R. (Eds.).Evidence matters: Randomized trials in education research. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.