Beth Tipton
@statstipton.bsky.social
Professor of Statistics at NorthwesternU, Faculty Fellow at IPRatNU. meta-analysis, causal generalization, education, psychology.
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Beth Tipton
@statstipton.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
www.brookings.edu
In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...
#Stats friends who do Social Statistics: Would you like to be an officer in the Social Statistics Section of the ASA in 2027? We're looking for people interested in serving as Program Chair, as well as some other positions. If you're interested, let me know ASAP. Thanks!
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
#Stats friends who do Social Statistics: Would you like to be an officer in the Social Statistics Section of the ASA in 2027? We're looking for people interested in serving as Program Chair, as well as some other positions. If you're interested, let me know ASAP. Thanks!
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A key point in this article is whether OMB will allow agencies to have funds and whether legislation by Congress will be respected. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Trump Gutted IES. Skepticism of Its Renewal Abounds.
The Education Department recently requested ideas on how to “modernize” the data collection and education research funding agency, and it sought to hire for a few positions.
www.insidehighered.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A key point in this article is whether OMB will allow agencies to have funds and whether legislation by Congress will be respected. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Same! Looking forward to meeting you, Jan, and Mona, and to seeing Issa Dahobrah!
Thank you to Mona Kanaan (UoYork, UK) for asking me to present in the panel
"From study to target populations: Addressing #ExternalValidity through the lens of Transportability and Generalisability"
(1:50pm, #MedicalStatistics)
I'll present on #MeasurementInvariance 😊
#RSS2025 #Psychometrics
"From study to target populations: Addressing #ExternalValidity through the lens of Transportability and Generalisability"
(1:50pm, #MedicalStatistics)
I'll present on #MeasurementInvariance 😊
#RSS2025 #Psychometrics
September 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Same! Looking forward to meeting you, Jan, and Mona, and to seeing Issa Dahobrah!
An excellent story that shines a bright light on the devastation in my field.
New: The Education Department's cuts have left the niche, government-backed "industry" of education research in a dire state.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Trump’s Job Cuts Leave a Profession Looking for Its Next Act
Niche researchers in a government-dependent education field are trying to pivot. “There are no crops coming out of this ground anymore.”
www.wsj.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
An excellent story that shines a bright light on the devastation in my field.
Reposted by Beth Tipton
‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years. @the74.bsky.social
www.the74million.org/article/back...
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years. @the74.bsky.social
www.the74million.org/article/back...
‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years.
www.the74million.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years. @the74.bsky.social
www.the74million.org/article/back...
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years. @the74.bsky.social
www.the74million.org/article/back...
This is a great article about what's happening in education research right now. (As my quotes show - I'm really rather annoyed and angry these days...)
www.the74million.org/article/back...
www.the74million.org/article/back...
‘Back to the Dark Ages’: Education Research Staggered by Trump Cuts
With contracts severed and grants rescinded, experts say Washington’s hit to K–12 research will set back the field for years.
www.the74million.org
July 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is a great article about what's happening in education research right now. (As my quotes show - I'm really rather annoyed and angry these days...)
www.the74million.org/article/back...
www.the74million.org/article/back...
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Ever since the former commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics was dismissed by the Trump administration in February, I wanted to hear her story. Peggy Carr was among a string of Black senior officials fired in early 2025. (1/3)
July 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Ever since the former commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics was dismissed by the Trump administration in February, I wanted to hear her story. Peggy Carr was among a string of Black senior officials fired in early 2025. (1/3)
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"Federal statistics, one of the United States’ premier public goods, differ from privately provided data because they are privacy protected, aggregated to address relevant questions for decision-makers, constructed transparently, and widely available without a subscription"
Amid this upheaval, might the administration’s appetite for disruption be harnessed to modernize #federalstatistics?
Nancy Potok and I have a new editorial (May 29) in Science Magazine, from @aaas.org. Check it out here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Nancy Potok and I have a new editorial (May 29) in Science Magazine, from @aaas.org. Check it out here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Fixing the US statistical infrastructure
Official government statistics are critical infrastructure for the information age. Reliable, relevant, statistical information helps businesses to invest and flourish; governments at the local, state...
www.science.org
May 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"Federal statistics, one of the United States’ premier public goods, differ from privately provided data because they are privacy protected, aggregated to address relevant questions for decision-makers, constructed transparently, and widely available without a subscription"
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Starting to look like I might not be able to work at Harvard anymore due to recent funding cuts. If you know of any open statistical consulting positions that support remote work or are NYC-based, please reach out! 😅
June 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Starting to look like I might not be able to work at Harvard anymore due to recent funding cuts. If you know of any open statistical consulting positions that support remote work or are NYC-based, please reach out! 😅
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Education researchers sue Trump administration, testing executive power
Education researchers sue Trump administration, testing executive power
Prominent scholars ask the courts to reverse DOGE cuts at the Education Department
hechingerreport.org
May 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Education researchers sue Trump administration, testing executive power
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Cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences threaten decades of progress in independent education research. We need more evidence—not less. Our case for strengthening IES:
🔗 www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
With @statstipton.bsky.social & Jessaca Spybrook
#EdResearch #IES #EduSky
🔗 www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
With @statstipton.bsky.social & Jessaca Spybrook
#EdResearch #IES #EduSky
How federal investments in education research help students succeed
Researchers discuss how federally funded research projects have helped identify and scale programs that improved student outcomes.
www.brookings.edu
April 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences threaten decades of progress in independent education research. We need more evidence—not less. Our case for strengthening IES:
🔗 www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
With @statstipton.bsky.social & Jessaca Spybrook
#EdResearch #IES #EduSky
🔗 www.brookings.edu/articles/how...
With @statstipton.bsky.social & Jessaca Spybrook
#EdResearch #IES #EduSky
Quick question for the hive mind - What are some prominent public policy decisions or big curricular changes that have resulted from IES-funded research or data?
March 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Quick question for the hive mind - What are some prominent public policy decisions or big curricular changes that have resulted from IES-funded research or data?
“Everyone’s entitled to their own policy ideas, but no one’s entitled to their own facts. You have to share the truth in order to make any kind of improvement, no matter what direction you want to go.” #StatsSky
hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
Chaos and confusion as the statistics arm of the Education Department is reduced to a skeletal staff of 3
Acting stats chief booted after only 15 days in the job; fate of the Nation’s Report Card unclear
hechingerreport.org
March 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“Everyone’s entitled to their own policy ideas, but no one’s entitled to their own facts. You have to share the truth in order to make any kind of improvement, no matter what direction you want to go.” #StatsSky
hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
hechingerreport.org/proof-points...
The Social Statistics Section (SSS) of the American Statistical Association (ASA) invites nominations for the Social Statistics Section Mid-Career Award.
March 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Social Statistics Section (SSS) of the American Statistical Association (ASA) invites nominations for the Social Statistics Section Mid-Career Award.
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Put another way, scientists need to find allies, not engage audiences.
March 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Put another way, scientists need to find allies, not engage audiences.
"But opposition movements always seem hopeless until they’re not. Apartheid existed for decades and then came crashing down rapidly..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk, apartheid, and America's new boycott movement
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
www.motherjones.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"But opposition movements always seem hopeless until they’re not. Apartheid existed for decades and then came crashing down rapidly..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm looking forward to this WiDS event tomorrow - if you're interested in hearing about my path into the field, the role of statistics in evidence, and so on - feel free to join. Sign up link here:
www.virtu.com/wids-2025/
www.virtu.com/wids-2025/
February 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I'm looking forward to this WiDS event tomorrow - if you're interested in hearing about my path into the field, the role of statistics in evidence, and so on - feel free to join. Sign up link here:
www.virtu.com/wids-2025/
www.virtu.com/wids-2025/
In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...
Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient
Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
www.brookings.edu
February 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In this op-ed, we - the presidents of SREE and AEFP - joined forces to argue for the importance of evidence on "what works" and how cutting such funding is not "efficient" - it is wasteful. www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...
Reposted by Beth Tipton
1/7. Public discourse about racial equity has changed a lot over the years. At @commhsp.bsky.social we’ve been monitoring those changes and their consequences. In a new 538 article, @efranklinfowler.bsky.social and I share what we’ve been seeing and why it matters.
abcnews.go.com/538/national...
abcnews.go.com/538/national...
How the national conversation shifted from structural racism to DEI
How the conversation about DEI has evolved over time.
abcnews.go.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
1/7. Public discourse about racial equity has changed a lot over the years. At @commhsp.bsky.social we’ve been monitoring those changes and their consequences. In a new 538 article, @efranklinfowler.bsky.social and I share what we’ve been seeing and why it matters.
abcnews.go.com/538/national...
abcnews.go.com/538/national...
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Many of us in academic science will default to “business as usual” as our response. We will feel that our power should be used to maintain a semblance of normalcy. To live to fight another day.
February 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Many of us in academic science will default to “business as usual” as our response. We will feel that our power should be used to maintain a semblance of normalcy. To live to fight another day.
Musing I've gotten myself stuck in - what is the role of a statistician in a society / government that does not believe in empirical evidence? I'm feeling very lost here ... my whole career is focused on the evidence ecosphere.
February 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Musing I've gotten myself stuck in - what is the role of a statistician in a society / government that does not believe in empirical evidence? I'm feeling very lost here ... my whole career is focused on the evidence ecosphere.
Friends, #SREE folks, and more: If we helped organize in-person, community meetings in areas where there are many of you, would you be interested? And if so, would you want to help organize? I think we're all in need of community right now (myself included). Feel free to dm me instead.
February 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Friends, #SREE folks, and more: If we helped organize in-person, community meetings in areas where there are many of you, would you be interested? And if so, would you want to help organize? I think we're all in need of community right now (myself included). Feel free to dm me instead.
Reposted by Beth Tipton
Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
February 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Termination notices going out this afternoon to more than 300 employees of the National Cancer Institute. Access likely ends today. Four weeks paid leave and that’s it.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.
Strong power move for Team Cancer.