Special Section: Private Data in Education Research

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Special Section: The Problem of Private Data in Education Research: Some researchers prefer to publish studies based on data they keep secret, unidentified. Such studies and the recommendations based on them may persist forever unchallenged. They are non-replicable, non-falsifiable. Debates are diffused because only the study authors have access to the study data. Occasionally, however, skeptical critics may pierce the veil of secrecy through intrepid investigations of their own:

• Bishop, Clopton, & Milgram, A Close Examination of Jo Boaler’s Railside Report (article)
• Milgram, Private Data – The Real Story: A Huge Problem with Education Research (essay)
• Bishop & Milgram, A Response to Some of the Points of: When Academic Disagreement Becomes Harassment and Persecution (essay)
• Staradamskis, Measuring Up: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us (book review)