Research Ethics

AERA Ethical Standards
Ethical Standards

Important AERA Books:
Ethical Standards of the American Educational Research Association: Cases and Commentary

Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing

Human Research Protections
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is pleased to be able to play a leadership role as the scientific society that provides an organizational base for the Social and Behavioral Sciences Working Group on Human Research Protections. AERA Executive Director, Dr. Felice J. Levine, serves as Chair of the Working Group. In collaboration with social and behavioral scientists from numerous executive branch agencies and academia, the Working Group promotes efforts to improve the human research protection system through outreach to the scientific community, development of human subjects protection courses, and preparation of reports that seek to improve understanding of how social and behavioral science research can best operate within the human research protections system. The Working Group is made possible by a contractual agreement from the National Institutes of Health's Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research to AERA.