Breakaway Education Research Group Pulls From Diverse Disciplines
Nearly a year ago, a group of scholars working in education decided to form a professional society focused on advancing scientifically rigorous studies that could yield definitive answers on what works in education.
Since then, the fledgling group, known as the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, has attracted 250 dues-paying members from a range of academic disciplines and research traditions. Last week, as the society kicked off its inaugural conference here, one of the biggest questions its members faced was how big to make its tent.
“After listening to two days of talks, I fear the education research community has the same problem that’s been attributed to math education—that it’s a ‘mile wide and an inch deep,’ ” said Judith D. Singer, a statistician from Harvard University’s graduate school of education and a member of...
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