Co-Chairs: Bethany A. Bell and Ann A. O'Connell

This section encourages submissions that engage in advancing techniques in quantitative methods and statistical theory as applied to education research. We encourage submissions that evaluate and improve existing statistical and quantitative methods, develop new statistical and quantitative models, as well as innovatively apply methods from other fields such as data science, machine learning, and computer science to educational data. In the spirit of the meeting theme, the Section 2 co-chairs encourage submissions, both methodological and applied, that introduce novel approaches to advancing social justice in education and creating inclusive-centered quantitative research practices.