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Abstract #302529

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Activity Number:	253
Type:	Invited
Date/Time:	Tuesday, August 9, 2005 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor:	Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #302529
Title:	Education Research Meets the Gold Standard: Statistics, Education, and Research Methods after 'No Child Left Behind'
Author(s):	Mack C. Shelley, II+ and Larry V. Hedges+ and Brian M. Hand*+
Companies:	Iowa State University and The University of Chicago and Iowa State University
Address:	Department of Statistics, Ames, IA, 50011-1210, Department of Education, Chicago, IL, 60637-1608, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Ames, IA, 50011, U.S.
Keywords:	Education research ; "Gold standard" ; Institute of Education Sciences ; No Child Left Behind ; Education Sciences Reform Act ; Statistical methods and theory
Abstract:	This talk will inform the national debate over the role of scientific standards for research in education, particularly as those standards are influenced by statistical methods and theory. It will bring together researchers in statistics and education to discuss the dramatically changing context of contemporary education research. Standards for acceptable research in this key area are affected greatly by creation of the Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S. Department of Education and passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the Education Sciences Reform Act (H.R. 3801). These reconstituted federal support for research and dissemination of information in education, are meant to foster "scientifically valid research," and established the "gold standard" for education research. Greater emphasis in education research now is placed on quantification, as well as the use of randomized trials and the selection of valid control groups. This talk should sustain and expand the dialogue between the statistical community and those who implement the education research agenda.

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