in 2002, evaluates numerous educational programs, in twelve categories, by the quality and quantity of the evidence, and the effectiveness. it is operated by the federal national center for education evaluation, and regional assistance (ncee), part of institute of education sciences (ies) social programs that work is administered by the arnold ventures llc's evidence-based policy team. the team is composed of the former leadership of the coalition for evidence-based policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization advocating the use of well-conducted randomized controlled trials (rcts) in policy decisions. it offers information on twelve types of social programs including education. a variety of other organizations offer information on research and education.