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As stated in the Bylaws of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in Article I, section 2, "It shall be the purpose of the Association to advance knowledge about education, encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good." Within this broad framing of the Association's mission, AERA has a commitment to advance education research as a field, to build the capacity to pursue research of excellence, to educate and advocate on behalf of education research and the policies and infrastructures that support it, and to promote the sound use of education research in policy and practice.