practical research for education Issue 39 Issue 39 of practical research for education is now available. This issue's Profile interview is with Dylan Wiliam, the Tool-kit considers how to collect evidence of pupil work and other articles examine reading, science and the impact of school fires.

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Using national data for self-evaluation and school improvement
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The next interviewee in our Profile series will be Andrew Pollard, Director of the Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) and Professor in the Department of Quantitative Social Science at the Institute of Education. Andrew was the keynote speaker at this year's practical research for education conference. If you would like to submit a question to be included in the interview, please send it to a.lawson@nfer.ac.uk by Friday 5 September.
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Research Tool-kit
The regular Tool-kit articles published in the practical research for education journal equip readers with the knowledge and skills to carry out their own research. Now gathered together in one volume to provide easy access to the first six articles, the Tool-kit is useful not only to teachers, education researchers and education students, but to anyone interested in social sciences research more generally.
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The 2008 practical research for education conference. Thank you to everyone who attended or contributed and helped to make the day a great success.
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pre conference resources
Video clips and presentation slides from our previous pre conferences, are now available online.
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research engaged schools
The contribution of research to school improvement has been a matter of considerable debate. It is widely argued that educational practice should be more evidence based, but it is acknowledged that this is not easy to achieve.
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