March 11, 2005

New Federal Policy Favors Randomized Trials in Education Research

By DAVID GLENN

The U.S. Education Department's controversial efforts to foster what it describes as "scientifically based research" in education reached a small milestone in late February, when new regulatory language took effect. The new policy will permit -- but not require -- all of the department's units to give preference to grant applicants who promise to use randomized controlled trials or similar quasi-experimental methods.

Known in the jargon of federal regulation as a grant-making

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