Quality Indicators for Research Methodology and Evidence Based Practices
Special Issue: Introducing the Next Generation of Quality Indicators for Research in Special Education in Exceptional Children (Volume 89, Issue 4)
The Council for Exceptional Children’s Division for Research (CEC-DR) is pleased to introduce a special issue designed to update and advance quality indicators for research in special education, advancing work originally published in a 2005 special issue of Exceptional Children (Volume 71, Issue 2). Then, as now, special education research has been characterized by a “long and cherished tradition” of diverse research methods (Graham, 2005, p. 135).
Research methods in each area have advanced considerably since 2005. Thus, the articles in this 2023 special issue provide guidance for researchers who are conducting research that will continue to move the field of special education forward. The issue
includes articles focused on quality indicators for group-design research, single-case-design research, secondary data analysis, systematic literature reviews, mixed-methods research, qualitative research, and evidence-based assessment. Moreover, these seven articles foreshadow how research methods will continue to evolve over the next decade, particularly in deepening understanding of equity and open-science practices.
The following special issue articles are available online