NSF and IES Release New Companion Guidelines on Replication and Reproducibility in Education Research

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Institute for Education Sciences (IES) have jointly issued the Companion Guidelines on Replication and Reproducibility in Education Research (2018), a supplement to the 2013 Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development

The 2013 document Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development describes the six genres of NSF- and IES-funded research that generate evidence for strategies and interventions to increase student learning: foundational, early-stage or exploratory, design and development, efficacy, effectiveness, and scale-up.

The 2018 document Companion Guidelines on Replication and Reproducibility in Education Research focuses on the importance of replication and reproducibility of research and provides guidance on steps researchers can take to promote corroboration and build the evidence base.

The cross-agency guidelines help to develop a coherent body of work to inform evidence-based decision making and advance the quality of knowledge for improving teaching and learning.

View the 2013 common guidelines here: Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development

View the 2018 companion guidelines here: Companion Guidelines on Replication and Reproducibility in Education Research