Ethical Mandates for Research by LAUSD This paper examines the ethical pri

This examination is followed by a discussion of these procedures in relation to APA Ethical Principle (9) and sub-principles. The paper ends with a brief evaluation and critique of the two standards (LAUSD and APA).

Description of LAUSD Working Setting Research Procedures

LAUSD procedures for research in the work setting stipulate ethical procedures for a wide variety of research and research-related matters including the nature of all research to which its guidelines are expected to apply and not apply as well as the kind of research the district prefers (improving student performance and/or improving instruction). Guidelines then note that a formal application must be presented by the researcher which is then reviewed by a committee.

Considerations guiding the committee are stipulated in the guidelines. Two of these considerations are: (1) that confidentiality and privacy will be maintained via design parameters; and (2) that demographic information not be collected unless participant anonymity is guaranteed and personal questions are worded objectively. (It would be helpful here if the LAUSD provided an example of what co

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edure stipulated in the proposal is not caught by the Committee and rejected, Committee members and ultimately the LAUSD could be held legally and morally responsible. Another difference between LAUSD and APA ethical standards concerns the matter of the deception of subjects--presumably for the purpose of decreasing response bias and/or variance due to demand cues. LAUSD guidelines make it clear that there must always be inform consent if students and educators are participants in studies. In other words, student participants and/or their parents (if participants are minors) must be informed as the true nature of the study and deception, for any reason, is not allowed. APA Ethical Principle 9 and sub-principles are not as strict as the LAUSD in that some leeway is provided for the use of deception as a methodological element of the research. In this regard, the APA notes that deception may be used provided a researcher adheres to certain specified criteria (e.g. there must be a debriefing after the study, written justification given for the deception, and so forth). Privacy, confidentiality, and the anonymity of data are given strong ethical priority by both the LAUSD guidelines and APA Principle 9 and sub-principles. Both
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