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Digest, Issue 02: Spring 2017

Bringing Rigor to Relevant Questions

Put simply, the dichotomy of rigor versus relevance is false. There is no inevitable trade-off between producing rigorous research and producing research with relevance for the real world. Researchers who want their work to matter in policy and practice should …
Vivian Tseng
 and Adam Gamoran
Bringing Rigor to Relevant Questions
Digest, Issue 02: Spring 2017

Integrating Rigor and Relevance in Research: Three Questions

How can research to improve the lives of youth in the United States also benefit the other 95 percent of the world’s youth? Questions like this highlight the urgency of bringing the highest levels of rigor to relevant research.
Hirokazu Yoshikawa
Integrating Rigor and Relevance in Research: Three Questions
Digest, Issue 02: Spring 2017

Learning English in the Era of the Every Student Succeeds Act

By moving accountability systems from the federal to the state level and highlighting the importance of English learner progress in accountability, ESSA provides an opportunity to develop state accountability systems that better support the learning of ELs. Assessments and data …
Vivian Louie
Learning English in the Era of the Every Student Succeeds Act
Digest, Issue 02: Spring 2017

Meditations on Language and Learning: ESSA in Policy and Practice

As we approach policy changes that present important opportunities for researchers, I would like to share some “meditations” about language, as well as the worlds of education policy and practice, which I have repeated to myself over the years as …
Kenji Hakuta
Meditations on Language and Learning: ESSA in Policy and Practice
Digest, Issue 02: Spring 2017

Promoting Research That Is Both Rigorous and Relevant

We recognize that no single effort will be transformative, but we hope that our collective efforts as researchers, research funders, universities, and professional associations can support research that, over the long term, improves the lives of young people.
Adam Gamoran
 and Vivian Tseng
Promoting Research That Is Both Rigorous and Relevant
Digest, Issue 02: Spring 2017

Toward New Research and New Data

Strengthening practice and policy in state and local education systems will be an essential part of reducing inequality for young people in the coming years. And a fundamental piece of the effort to raise student outcomes will be building and …
Vivian Louie
Toward New Research and New Data

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Issue 10: Winter 2024-25

The newest William T. Grant Foundation Digest features an updated look at the the Foundation’s longtime commitment to career development for early-career researchers, as well as new thinking about ways that research on social movements can advance efforts to reduce inequality in youth outcomes. Senior Vice President Kim DuMont also outlines opportunities for studies on improving higher education administrators’ use of research evidence in ways that promote student well-being and success.

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