Strengthening Peer Review in Federal Agencies That Support Education Research

by Committee on Research in Education, National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, et al.

Peer review is a method used to inform decision-making by engaging experts in a critical evaluation of the merits of a product or proposal. It is most commonly known as a mechanism for judging the quality of proposals for research funding, or manuscripts submitted for publication in academic journals. It is at once a tool with which scientific judgment is formalized and decisions about the allocation of scarce public resources are legitimized. Strengthening...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309090997
• ISBN13: 9780309090995
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 106 Pages