Abstract
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires federal grantees to
use their funds on evidence-based strategies. The law includes definitions
of research quality, which are also featured prominently in
the administration's strategic plan and in draft language for the reauthorization
of the U.S. Office of Educational Research and Improvement
These initiatives pose a rare opportunity and formidable
challenge to the field: What are the most effective means of stimulating
more and better scientific educational research? In this article,
which draws on a recently released National Research Council report,
the authors argue that the primary emphasis should be on nurturing
and reinforcing a scientific culture of educational research.
Although the article focuses on scientific research as an important
form of educational scholarship, the call for building a stronger sense
of research community applies broadly. Specifically, the authors
argue that the development of a scientific culture rests with individual
researchers, supported by leadership in their professional associations
and a federal educational research agency.
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