Systematic Replications as a Path Forward for the National Center for Education Research

Systematic Replications as a Path Forward for the National Center for Education Research

Last year, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) wiped out most of the staff at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), leaving only one person in the National Center for Education Research (NCER). While many critics denounced DOGE’s move, it cleared the way for NCER to modernize its approach to education R&D. This open field helps make achieving the vision laid out in Amber Northern’s recent report (“Reimagining the Institute of Edu…