Beth Tipton
@statstipton.bsky.social
Professor of Statistics at NorthwesternU, Faculty Fellow at IPRatNU. meta-analysis, causal generalization, education, psychology.
I had a great time talking with David Shuck about my thoughts on the Reimagining IES report and the current moment. In case you're interested in my rambling thoughts - here they are: www.educationprogress.org/p/whats-left...
What’s Left of What Works
A conversation with Elizabeth Tipton about an IES under siege and the future of federal education research
educationprogress.org
#Education #IES My team received the message from IES that our March 2025 Training Grant Proposal will not be reviewed. But that made me think: what happened to the September 2024 grant submissions? Did you submit a September 2024 IES grant of any sort? Was yours scored? Did you get funded?
I didn't know the RFI responses were out - but if I did, I would have wanted to summarize them - but Betsy did the work for us!! This is a great summary - and suggests a lot of shared support for IES by practitioners and researchers. #Education
Betsy Wolf@betsyjwolf.bsky.social · 7mo agoCurious about what people said in response to the RFI about "re-imagining" the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)? I put the public comments in one file (763 pages) and used AI to analyze the themes and areas of agreement and disagreement (5 pages) by audience ⬇️: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#Stats friends who do Social Statistics: Would you like to be an officer in the Social Statistics Section of the ASA in 2027? We're looking for people interested in serving as Program Chair, as well as some other positions. If you're interested, let me know ASAP. Thanks!
A key point in this article is whether OMB will allow agencies to have funds and whether legislation by Congress will be respected. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Trump Gutted IES. Skepticism of Its Renewal Abounds.
The Education Department recently requested ideas on how to “modernize” the data collection and education research funding agency, and it sought to hire for a few positions.
insidehighered.com
Same! Looking forward to meeting you, Jan, and Mona, and to seeing Issa Dahobrah!
Jan R. Boehnke@jrboehnke.bsky.social · 11mo agoThank you to Mona Kanaan (UoYork, UK) for asking me to present in the panel "From study to target populations: Addressing #ExternalValidity through the lens of Transportability and Generalisability" (1:50pm, #MedicalStatistics) I'll present on #MeasurementInvariance 😊 #RSS2025 #Psychometrics
‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years. @the74.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/back...
‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years.
the74million.org
This is a great article about what's happening in education research right now. (As my quotes show - I'm really rather annoyed and angry these days...) www.the74million.org/article/back...
‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years.
the74million.org
Ever since the former commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics was dismissed by the Trump administration in February, I wanted to hear her story. Peggy Carr was among a string of Black senior officials fired in early 2025. (1/3)
"Federal statistics, one of the United States’ premier public goods, differ from privately provided data because they are privacy protected, aggregated to address relevant questions for decision-makers, constructed transparently, and widely available without a subscription"
Erica Groshen@ericagroshen.bsky.social · last yr.Amid this upheaval, might the administration’s appetite for disruption be harnessed to modernize #federalstatistics? Nancy Potok and I have a new editorial (May 29) in Science Magazine, from @aaas.org. Check it out here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Starting to look like I might not be able to work at Harvard anymore due to recent funding cuts. If you know of any open statistical consulting positions that support remote work or are NYC-based, please reach out! 😅
Education researchers sue Trump administration, testing executive power
Education researchers sue Trump administration, testing executive power
Prominent scholars ask the courts to reverse DOGE cuts at the Education Department
hechingerreport.org
Cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences threaten decades of progress in independent education research. We need more evidence—not less. Our case for strengthening IES: 🔗 www.brookings.edu/articles/how... With @statstipton.bsky.social & Jessaca Spybrook #EdResearch #IES #EduSky
How federal investments in education research help students succeed
Researchers discuss how federally funded research projects have helped identify and scale programs that improved student outcomes.
brookings.edu
Quick question for the hive mind - What are some prominent public policy decisions or big curricular changes that have resulted from IES-funded research or data?
“Everyone’s entitled to their own policy ideas, but no one’s entitled to their own facts. You have to share the truth in order to make any kind of improvement, no matter what direction you want to go.” #StatsSky hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3
Acting stats chief booted after only 15 days in the job; fate of the Nation’s Report Card unclear
hechingerreport.org
The Social Statistics Section (SSS) of the American Statistical Association (ASA) invites nominations for the Social Statistics Section Mid-Career Award.
Put another way, scientists need to find allies, not engage audiences.
"But opposition movements always seem hopeless until they’re not. Apartheid existed for decades and then came crashing down rapidly..." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk, apartheid, and America's new boycott movement
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
motherjones.com
I'm looking forward to this WiDS event tomorrow - if you're interested in hearing about my path into the field, the role of statistics in evidence, and so on - feel free to join. Sign up link here: www.virtu.com/wids-2025/
In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...
Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
brookings.edu
1/7. Public discourse about racial equity has changed a lot over the years. At @commhsp.bsky.social we’ve been monitoring those changes and their consequences. In a new 538 article, @efranklinfowler.bsky.social and I share what we’ve been seeing and why it matters. abcnews.go.com/538/national...
How the national conversation shifted from structural racism to DEI
How the conversation about DEI has evolved over time.
abcnews.go.com
Many of us in academic science will default to “business as usual” as our response. We will feel that our power should be used to maintain a semblance of normalcy. To live to fight another day.
Musing I've gotten myself stuck in - what is the role of a statistician in a society / government that does not believe in empirical evidence? I'm feeling very lost here ... my whole career is focused on the evidence ecosphere.
Friends, #SREE folks, and more: If we helped organize in-person, community meetings in areas where there are many of you, would you be interested? And if so, would you want to help organize? I think we're all in need of community right now (myself included). Feel free to dm me instead.
Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it. Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Do you know a US-based researcher who wants to update their meta-analysis skills? #MATI2025 is accepting applications for our one-week training workshop in Chicago from July 28th – August 1st. Apply by March 2nd: www.meta-analysis-training-institute.com/application-...
Application Info | Meta-Analysis Training Institute
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