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Direct linkJuan David Parra; D. Brent Edwards Jr. – Critical Studies in Education, 2024
This paper seeks to raise awareness among educational researchers and practitioners of some significant weaknesses and internal contradictions of randomised control trials (RCTs). Although critiques throughout the years from education scholars have pointed to the detrimental effects of this experimental approach on education practice and values,…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Practices, Educational Policy
Hedges, Larry V.; Schauer, Jacob – Educational Research, 2018
Background and purpose: Studies of education and learning that were described as experiments have been carried out in the USA by educational psychologists since about 1900. In this paper, we discuss the history of randomised trials in education in the USA in terms of five historical periods. In each period, the use of randomised trials was…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Educational Research, Educational Psychology, Educational History
Download full textHedges, Larry V.; Schauer, Jacob – Grantee Submission, 2018
Background and purpose: Studies of education and learning that were described as experiments have been carried out in the USA by educational psychologists since about 1900. In this paper, we discuss the history of randomised trials in education in the USA in terms of five historical periods. In each period, the use of randomised trials was…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Educational Research, Educational Psychology, Educational History
Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, 2015
U.S. social programs, set up to address important problems, often fall short by funding specific models/strategies ("interventions") that are not effective. When evaluated in scientifically-rigorous studies, social interventions in K-12 education, job training, crime prevention, and other areas are frequently found ineffective or…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Small Schools, School Choice, Poverty Areas
Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, 2008
U.S. social programs, set up to address important problems, often fall short by funding specific models/strategies ("interventions") that are not effective. When evaluated in scientifically-rigorous studies, social interventions in K-12 education, job training, crime prevention, and other areas are frequently found ineffective or…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Reading Programs, Program Evaluation, Elementary School Students
