Herbert M Turner
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Education
Education:
BSc. (Economics)
University of Delaware, 1983.
MA (Public Administration: Finance and Statistics)
University of Delaware, 1985.
Ph.D. (Ed: Policy Research, Evaluation and Measurement)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
Permanent linkBSc. (Economics)
University of Delaware, 1983.
MA (Public Administration: Finance and Statistics)
University of Delaware, 1985.
Ph.D. (Ed: Policy Research, Evaluation and Measurement)
University of Pennsylvania, 2002.
Description of Research Expertise
Areas of Expertise
K-12 math curricula
Parent involvement
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs)
Systematic reviews and meta analysis
Multi-level modeling
Missing data
Professional Biography
Dr. Turner has over 25 years of quantitative research experience in the private, public, and education sectors. He is founder, president, and principal research scientist of ANALYTICA, a for-profit, minority-owned and -operated company that provides high-quality research analytics in the social, behavioral, educational, and health-care sectors. ANALYTICA is a founding partner in the Regional Education Laboratory (REL)-Mid-Atlantic and lends its primary expertise in the systematic design, implementation, analysis, and reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and in the conduct of research synthesis (or meta-analysis) and secondary data analysis. ANALYTICA is also a leader in the development of a first ever web-based register of randomized field trials of educational evaluations as part of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC).
Previously, Dr. Turner served as the Scientific Research Director for the Campbell Collaboration (C2)where he collaborated with Dr. Robert F. Boruch on the design, implementation, and maintenance of C2’s web-accessible register of completed RCTs. He also served as the C2/AIR Project Coordinator of the Middle School Math review team for the What Works Clearinghouse—a joint venture between C2 and the American Institutes of Research—to produce systematic reviews on education intervention in the United States. In this role, Dr. Turner directed the Middle School Math Evidence Team as it conducted a continuous review of RCTs or high-quality quasi-experiments. Dr. Turner has published on methods for identifying RCTs, on the implementation of group randomized trials, and on a meta-analysis of twenty RCTs that statistically examines the effect of parent involvement on student achievement. Dr. Turner periodically serves as critical commentator on school-based interventions for students with disabilities.
Research Interests and Current Projects
Dr. Turner currently serves as chief methodologist for the REL-Mid Atlantic Regional Education Laboratory sponsored by the Institute of Educational Services (IES). He is responsible for leading the design, conducting, and analysis of two large-scale, cluster randomized controlled trials in the Mid-Atlantic region, as well as the methodological review of the Lab’s Fast Response Studies that include systematic reviews and secondary data analysis. Dr. Turner is also a lead strategist for the development of the What Works Clearinghouse register of randomized controlled trials in education, also sponsored by IES. Dr. Turner has recently published a paper on systematic review production models and a framework for sustainability.
Selected Publications
Turner, H. M., Nye, C., Ortiz, M., Liu, E., & Eisenstein, E. L.: Producing systematic reviews of interventions in speech–language pathology: A framework for sustainability. Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention 1(4): 201-212, 2007.Turner H. M., & Nye, C., (Commentary authors, 2007).: Features of interventions that appear to result in positive impact in treatment of children with autism. Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention 1(2): 65 – 66, 2007.
Wade, A., Turner, H.M., Rothstein, H., and Lavenberg, J. : Information retrieval and the role of the information specialist in producing high quality systematic reviews in the social, behavioral, and education sciences. Evidence and Policy 2(1): 89-108, 2006.
Nye, C., Turner, H.M., and Schwartz, J.: Effects of parental involvement on elementary school students' academic achievement. The Campbell Collaboration: http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/Fralibrary.html 2006.
Turner, H. M., and Bernard, R. M.: Calculating and Synthesizing Effect Size Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders 33: 42-55, 2006.
Boruch, R., May, H., Turner, H.M., et al.: Estimating the effects of interventions deployed in many places. American Behavioral Scientist 47(5): 608 – 625, 2004.
Turner, H.M., Boruch, R., Petrosino, A., Lavenberg, J., de Moya, D., and Rothstein, H.: Populating an international web-based randomized trials register in the social, behavioral, criminological, and education sciences. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 589: 203-223, 2003.
Gadsden, V. L., Stanton, E.F., and Turner, H.M.: Situated identities of young, African American fathers in low-income urban settings: Perspectives on home, street, and the system. Family Court Review 41(3): 381-399, 2003.
Supovitz, J.A., and Turner, H.M.: The effects of professional development on science teaching practices and classroom culture. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 37(9): 963-980, 2000.