Just for context. I'm a PhD trained in education research who has met Sean Reardon a handful of times, had a meal with him, gone through methods training with h

Just for context. I'm a PhD trained in education research who has met Sean Reardon a handful of times, had a meal with him, gone through methods training with him. He sits at the top of the field and has the unconditional respect of nearly everyone for his methodological rigor. This is not a guy who shoots from the hip.