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CIAO DATE: 07/05

Science and Nonscience: The Limits of Scientific Research

On the Issue
May 2005

Frederick M. Hess

The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

Abstract

Assessing many educational practices through scientific principles can be useful, but reformers must ensure that the push for scientific inquiry does not stifle reforms, such as promoting flexibility, competition, and accountability, that do not lend themselves as readily to rigorous scientific evaluation.

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