Measuring Progress in Education – The good, the bad and the future
In recent years, ‘progress’ or ‘growth’ has become a much-discussed issue in education. The...
Progress measures are the root of all evil
In their pursuit of a number - a neat proxy for the distance travelled between two points - schools...
Is meta-analysis all just ‘an exercise in mega-silliness’?
To my mind, there was something heroic about Gene Glass’ presidential address to the 1976 American...
Meta-analysis: Don’t do it or Do it more carefully?
Meta-analyses (like the popular Sutton Trust Tool Kit and Hattie’s Visible Learning) apparently...
Is meta-analysis the best we can do?
By Professor Steve Higgins
Is meta-analysis in its current state trustworthy enough to be a basis...
The Big Evidence Debate: Introducing the 50% rule
As a news editor, I developed my own 50% rule: reporters should spend as much time writing their...
Meta-analyses and the making of an evidence-informed profession
Before entering into a broader discussion about the use of meta-analysis in school decision-making,...
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses – what’s all the fuss?
Should we be using systematic reviews and meta-analyses as teachers and school leaders to support...
Where is the value in meta-analysis?
Before I trained as a teacher, I worked as a researcher, investigating the effect of phytoplankton...
Comparing apples with oranges
How do you compare apples with oranges? Or even apples with oranges with cherries with bananas with...