Ed. Dept. Issues Practical Guide To Research-Based Practice
The U.S. Department of Education and a national government-policy group have issued a practical guide aimed at taking some of the mystery out of the national push for "evidence based" education.
The 19-page guide attempts to define what constitutes "rigorous" evidence of effectiveness when it comes to evaluating the research track records of educational programs and practices. It also provides some questions to use in weighing the evidence.
"Practitioners and policymakers are really struggling with what we mean by evidence-based policy and strong evidence of effectiveness," Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, the director of the Institute of Education Sciences, the department's primary research agency, said in an interview. "This is one among a number of useful tools for people who are thinking about how to select and use evidence for the educational decisions...
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