Each discipline has its own framing and conventions. Economics emphasises the identification of key variables and relationships and their estimation using quantitative research methods, with common reliance on econometrics. The approaches shape what is observed and any resulting policy...

The New Zealand Treasury policy agenda seeks to initiate a regime in which educational research (however controversial, subjective and unreliable) is to be interpreted by state officials and used by state agencies to determine in close detail what happens daily in all state classrooms and,...