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Evidence matters : randomized trials in education research /

Annotation Opinions about education programs and practices are offered frequently -- by children, parents, teachers, and policymakers. Credible studies of the impact of programs on the performance of children are far less frequent. Researchers use a variety of tools to determine their impact and eff...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mosteller, Frederick, 1916-2006, Boruch, Robert F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Overview and new directions / Robert Boruch and Frederick Mosteller
  • The politics of random assignment : implementing studies and affecting policy / Judith M. Gueron
  • The importance of randomized field trials in education and related areas / Robert Boruch, Dorothy de Moya, and Brooke Snyder
  • Resources, instruction, and research / David K. Cohen, Stephen W. Raudenbush, and Deborah Loewenberg Ball
  • Missing in practice? Development and evaluation at the U.S. Department of Education / Maris A. Vinovskis
  • Objecting to the objections to using random assignment in educational research / Thomas D. Cook and Monique R. Payne
  • Randomized field trials for policy evaluation : why not in education? / Gary Burtless
  • What to do until the random assigner comes / Carol H. Weiss.