Thanks to NJLeftBehind for blogging and Tweeting  SPCNJ’s response to Jersey Jazzman’s flawed defense of his flawed research.  As usual, NJLeftBehind adds its own take and helpfully includes @stateaidguy in the thread.

To reiterate: Jersey Jazzman’s two research reports for New Jersey Policy Perspective are deeply flawed. Despite Jazzman’s Ph.D., he seems not to understand what sound research is.  He cherry-picks data, makes invalid assumptions, and puts forward unproven assertions.  His conclusions are unsupported by his “research” and are invalid.   Jazzman’s work is decidedly not evidence-based.

And yet “evidence-based” is exactly the standard that NJPP claims to adhere to for its research.  So a straightforward question for NJPP and its president, Brandon McKoy: do you stand by Jersey Jazzman’s two reports for NJPP?  Do they meet NJPP’s standard for “evidence-based” research?