With the push for scientifically based practices, understanding educational research - and what it means for your schools - is more important now than ever. Look to Evidence-Based Education to start you and your staff in the right direction!

Each chapter examines a specific part of educational research, plus provides examples to highlight key concepts - giving educators and administrators a solid basis to effectively dissect and understand research studies, research-based articles and vendor claims regarding the research behind their products.

Chapters cover:

• Research design and purpose
• Data collection, statistics and interpretation
• Research funding issues
• Response to intervention as it relates to scientifically based instruction and identification of students for special education intervention
• And more

Plus, you get definitions of key terms to help you build a common vocabulary when talking about research.