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Think Tank Research Quality - Lessons for Policy Makers, the Media, and the Public (Hardcover, New)
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Think Tank Research Quality - Lessons for Policy Makers, the Media, and the Public (Hardcover, New)
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Endorsements: At a time when private think-tanks seek to advance
their ideological agendas through what is often shoddy research,
this book is both a welcome corrective to and a reminder of the
dangers of the mis-use of data in significant educational policy
debates. - Michael W. Apple, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Democracy thrives when a nation insures itself of a well-informed
populace. The Think Tank Review Project helps our nation meet that
goal by debunking bad social science, much of which emanates from
the many highly partisan and well-funded think tanks that have
developed over the last few decades. This book presents the best of
the Project's reviews in a compelling indictment of think tank
reports and their influence. - David Berliner, Arizona State
University Education policy over the past thirty years has been
powerfully influenced by well-funded and slickly produced research
reports produced by advocacy think tanks. The quality of think tank
reports and the value of the policies they support have been
sharply debated. To help policymakers, the media, and the public
assess these quality issues, the Think Tank Review Project provides
expert third party reviews. The Project has, since 2006, published
59 reviews of reports from 26 different institutions. This book
brings together 21 of those reviews, focusing on examining the
arguments and evidence used by think tanks to promote reforms such
as vouchers, charter schools and alternative routes to teacher
certification. The reviews are written using clear, non-academic
language, with each review illustrating how readers can approach,
understand and critique policy studies and reports. The book will
be of interest to practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and
anyone concerned with the current debates about educational reform.
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