Research on Educational Innovations

For more than 25 years, Research on Educational Innovations has helped readers distinguish between truly innovative educational programs backed by credible research evidence and the faddish policy trends of the day.Innovation should be a facet of school life, but improvement should be a continuous process grounded in sound evaluation, not a cycle of fashionable reforms. Using current and emerging topics as practical case studies, this fully revised and expanded 6th Edition offers a clear framework for evaluating educational innovations, for applying them responsibly in real contexts, and for interrogating the research base behind any new program or policy.Across the book, readers learn to ask disciplined questions about purpose, evidence quality, implementation conditions, and equity of outcomes, so that adoption decisions are guided by research rather than rhetoric. Features of the fully revised and expanded 6th Edition include:A strong evaluation framework that helps both experts and