ASPE Research Brief: Making Sense of Replication Studies

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) developed a brief intended primarily for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working in the field of teen pregnancy prevention research. Most teen pregnancy prevention programs have been evaluated only once through a small-scale “efficacy trial.” Recent efforts have been made to study how programs perform when implemented on a broader scale, with different populations, or in new settings. The following brief provides practical guidance for making sense of the growing body of research related to replication studies.