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Working Paper Identifies Gaps in National Surveys

February 25, 2008

Surveys are commonly used to measure instruction in education research. Authors Eric Camburn and Seong Won Han have identified critical gaps in research from the last 20 years that utilized data from four surveys conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics: the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. Specifically, there is very little research on instruction at key transition Grades 5, 6 and 9; there is a relative paucity of research on instruction in English/language arts and social studies; and there is a marked lack of empirical evidence on instruction in the first 3 years of high school. The review also shows that high-income students are more likely to receive certain kinds of desirable learning opportunities than low-income students.

Read WCER Working Paper No. 2008-1, "What Do We Know About Instruction From Large-Scale National Surveys?" here.