Education researchers have begun to do more work that is relevant to policy makers, and policy makers have begun to pay more intelligent attention to education research -- but there is still a long way to go on both fronts, scholars said on Monday during a conference here at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.

The field of education research should develop a prestigious, high-quality flagship journal, argued several speakers. Mr. Goldhaber said that a flagship journal would make it easier for policy makers and the news media to quickly assess the quality of controversial education studies. Jeffrey Henig, a professor of political science at Columbia University and a professor of education at its Teachers College, agreed that such a journal is needed, but worried that no association or university was in a position to make it happen. "Who has the incentive to create such a thing?" he asked.

This article appeared in the May 22, 2007 edition of the Chronicle.

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Published Thursday, May. 24, 2007