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Publication Date: 2012
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Limitations of Experiments in Education Research
Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore
Education Finance and Policy, v7 n2 p219-232 Spr 2012
Research based on randomized experiments (along with high-quality quasi-experiments) has gained traction in education circles in recent years. There is little doubt this has been driven in large part by the shift in research funding strategy by the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences under Grover Whitehurst's lead, described in more detail in his article in this issue.
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Quasiexperimental Design, Educational Trends, Educational Finance, Politics of Education, Educational Change, Experimental Groups, Federal Government, Leadership
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