Proof, policy, and practice : understanding the role of evidence in improving education /

How can we "fix" our schools? Improve graduation rates in college? What works? These are questions that make the headlines and vex policy makers, practitioners, and educational researchers. While they strive to improve society, there are frequently gulfs of mutual incomprehension among the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lingenfelter, Paul E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, [2016]
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Education > Research > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Education and state > United States.
School improvement programs > United States.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Education and state
Education > Research
Educational change
School improvement programs
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Proof and Policy
  • 2. Experimentation and Program Evaluation
  • 3. Measurement
  • 4. Measurement: Fit for Which Purposes?
  • 5. Getting Better: The Use of Evidence in Practice
  • 6. Research and Evidence in Government and Organizations
  • 7. What Works, When, and How: Reflections, Observations, and Opinions.

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