4: Strategic Goal 4
Unlike medicine, agriculture and industrial production, the field of education operates largely on the basis of ideology and
professional consensus. As such, it is subject to fads and is incapable of the cumulative progress that follows from the application
of the scientific method and from the systematic collection and use of objective information in policy making. We will change
education to make it an evidence-based field. We will accomplish this goal by dramatically improving the quality and relevance
of research funded or conducted by the Department. Also, we will provide policymakers, educators, parents, and other concerned
citizens with ready access to syntheses of research and objective information that allow more informed and effective decisions,
and we will encourage the use of this knowledge (especially within federal education programs, as explained in Objective 1.4).
Objective(s):
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