For more, on this serious exposé of bad research carried out through policy-driven research agendas, see: The National Education Policy Institute at the University of Colorado:
http://nepc.colorado.edu/think-tank/bunkum-awards/2011.
Among the 'winners': Bill and Melinda Gates, the Center for American Progress, Progressive Policy Institute, and others, for "research" promoting school reform initiatives with little social science evidence.
