The Campbell Collaboration: Education Coordinating Group – Named after the late social psychologist Donald Campbell who was interested in encouraging experimentation and evidence-based social policy, the organization aims to help people make well-informed decisions about the effects of interventions in the social, behavioral and educational arenas. Its Education Coordinating Group is an international network of volunteer professionals who will prepare, update and rapidly disseminate systematic reviews of high-quality educational and training interventions conducted worldwide that are aimed to improve education and learning.
EPPI Centre – Part of the Social Science Research Unit at the Institute of Education, University of London, The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordinating Centre conducts systematic reviews of research evidence across a range of topics, including education, health promotion, employment, social care, crime and justice.
What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) – Established in 2002 by the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences, the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is a central and trusted source of scientific evidence for what works in education.
Articles
Academy of Management Learning & Education, 6:1, March 2007. (see editor’s preface: Ashkanasy, Neal M. Evidence-Based Inquiry, Learning, and Education: What Are the Pros and Cons?) [full-text of the issue is available to subscribers to EBSCO's Business Source Complete database]
Campaigning for evidence-based education; Teaching practices rely too much on ideologies about how children learn, rather than research, Sir Jim Rose tells Carly Chynoweth. The Times, December 11, 2009
Rigorous Evidence: The Key to Progress in Education? Lessons from Medicine, Welfare, and Other Fields . The Council for Excellence in Government. Policy Forum, November 18, 2002
Stipek, Deborah. Stipek Op-Ed: ‘Scientifically Based Practice’: It’s About More Than Improving the Quality of Research. Education Week, March 23, 2005
Deborah Stipek is Dean of the Stanford University School of Education, and the Chair of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Network on Teaching and Learning.
Stanovich, Paula J. & Stanovich, Keith E. Using Research and Reason in Education: How Teachers Can Use Scientifically Based Research To Make Curricular & Instructional Decisions. National Institute for Literacy, May 2003.
Book
Thomas, Gary & Pring, Richard, (Eds.). Evidence-Based Practice in Education. 1st ed. Open University Press, 2004.
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