According to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation
(2001), intervention research based on random assignment designs
has been the “gold standard” of scientifically credible educational
research. JEdP was recently noted by Grover J. Whitehurst, director
of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), as one of the few
journals that has continued to publish educational intervention
research—particularly articles that incorporate random assignment
of participants to intervention and nonintervention (or alternative)
conditions. Whitehurst (2003) examined three journals from 1993
to 2002: two published by the American Educational Research
Association (AERA)—the American Educational Research Journal
(AERJ) and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
(EEPA)—and JEdP, which is published by the American Psychological
Association. Whitehurst noted that the field of educational
psychology (represented by JEdP) compared with other education
fields (represented by AERJ and EEPA) published far more articles
based on randomized intervention studies and far fewer based on
nonrandomized and qualitative studies. Fewer than 10% of the
research articles in the AERA journals were based on randomized
intervention studies, compared with almost 50% in JEdP.
In a similar study, Gersten, Baker, Smith-Johnson, Flojo, and
Hagan-Burke (2004) examined studies funded by the U.S. Department
of Education’s Office of Special Education during 1987–
1988 and 1997–1998. The number of studies based on experimental
designs dropped from 26.8% to 12.9% in that 10-year period.
Furthermore, of these experimental designs (which were actually
intervention studies), approximately 20% incorporated random
assignment in 1987–1988; this percentage dropped to just over 1%
by 1997–1998. Most recently, Seethaler and Fuchs (2005) examined
five special education journals (Journal of Special Education,
Exceptional Children, Learning Disabilities Research & Practice,
Journal of Learning Disabilities, and School Psychology Review)
and recorded the proportion of articles that involved mathematics
and reading interventions and whether they used random assignment.
These authors found that about 5% of all articles reported
mathematics and reading interventions and only about 4% of all
articles incorporated random assignment.
According to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation(2001), intervention research based on random assignment designshas been the “gold standard” of scientifically credible educationalresearch. JEdP was recently noted by Grover J. Whitehurst, directorof the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), as one of the fewjournals that has continued to publish educational interventionresearch—particularly articles that incorporate random assignmentof participants to intervention and nonintervention (or alternative)conditions. Whitehurst (2003) examined three journals from 1993to 2002: two published by the American Educational ResearchAssociation (AERA)—the American Educational Research Journal(AERJ) and Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis(EEPA)—and JEdP, which is published by the American PsychologicalAssociation. Whitehurst noted that the field of educationalpsychology (represented by JEdP) compared with other educationfields (represented by AERJ and EEPA) published far more articlesbased on randomized intervention studies and far fewer based onnonrandomized and qualitative studies. Fewer than 10% of theresearch articles in the AERA journals were based on randomizedintervention studies, compared with almost 50% in JEdP.In a similar study, Gersten, Baker, Smith-Johnson, Flojo, andHagan-Burke (2004) examined studies funded by the U.S. Departmentof Education’s Office of Special Education during 1987–1988 and 1997–1998. The number of studies based on experimentaldesigns dropped from 26.8% to 12.9% in that 10-year period.Furthermore, of these experimental designs (which were actuallyintervention studies), approximately 20% incorporated randomassignment in 1987–1988; this percentage dropped to just over 1%by 1997–1998. Most recently, Seethaler and Fuchs (2005) examinedfive special education journals (Journal of Special Education,Exceptional Children, Learning Disabilities Research & Practice,Journal of Learning Disabilities, and School Psychology Review)and recorded the proportion of articles that involved mathematicsand reading interventions and whether they used random assignment.These authors found that about 5% of all articles reportedmathematics and reading interventions and only about 4% of allarticles incorporated random assignment.
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