How do we collect useful education data?

Designing educational research

• Sometimes, pictures speak louder than words <interview + video> Wendy Luttrell

Judith Singer discusses randomized trials in school settings and the ethics involved. Deborah Meier argues against Singer's advocacy of randomized trials. Both articles originally appeared in the Harvard Education Letter.

• What can educators learn from the Red Sox? <article> Judith Singer and Beth Gamse
• What can educators learn from the student-teacher relationship? <article> Deborah Meier

How do we use education data?

Using data to raise student achievement

• From lipstick to learning: Research goes to school <article + video> Kurt Fischer
• Making it Work: Low-wage employment, family life, and child development <interview + audio> Hirokazu Yoshikawa

Using data to improve instruction

How can we make education research make a difference?

• The Heart of Data Wise <article> Richard Murnane, Kathryn Boudett, and Elizabeth City
• Using assessment to improve instruction <article> Richard Murnane, Kathryn Boudett, and Elizabeth City
• No teacher left behind? Good news and bad about new routes to becoming a teacher <article> Susan Moore Johnson