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Use of Research Evidence

Awarded Grants

Grant

Financing the Policy Discourse: How Advocacy Research Funded by Private Foundations Shapes the Debate on Teacher Quality

How does foundation-funded research influence policies about teacher quality?
Sarah Reckhow
Michigan State University
2015 – 2018
Grant

Comparative Effectiveness of Narratives to Promote Provider Adoption of Evidence Related to Antipsychotics Use for High-Risk Youth

Will communicating research through narratives have a greater impact on clinicians’ prescribing behaviors than evidence-based guidelines?
David Rubin
Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia
2014 – 2020
Grant

Intermediaries’ Role in Transferring Research Evidence from “Producers” to “Consumers”: The Case of School-Based Programs

Who do school districts look to for research evidence on instructional, health, and social programs?
Jennifer Neal
Michigan State University
2014 – 2018

Articles & More

Publication

Strategies to Improve the Use and Usefulness of Research in Child Welfare

Abstract Using research evidence is critical to child welfare agencies’ ability to offer effective programs, yet gaps exist between research evidence and needs within the field. Child welfare staff need dedicated time to access evidence, and skills to evaluate the ...
Lydia Killos
,
Catherine Roller White
,
Peter J. Pecora
,
Erin Maher
,
Kirk O’Brien
,
Kim DuMont
,
Fred Wulczyn
,
Bryan Samuels
,
and Clare Anderson
Strategies to Improve the Use and Usefulness of Research in Child Welfare
Blog Post

Politics of Education Association Special Issue: The Politics of Research Utilization

Edited by Lubienski, Scott, and DeBray, this special issue of Educational Policy includes nine essays on topics related to research use in education, including the roles of district leaders and intermediary groups, school choice, research and diversity policy, and more.
Christopher Lubienski
,
Janelle Scott
,
and Elizabeth Debray
Politics of Education Association Special Issue: The Politics of Research Utilization
Blog Post

Building the Infrastructure to Improve the Use and Usefulness of Research in Education

Vivian Tseng and Sandra Nutley point the way forward for education researchers and policymakers, summarizing the key points made throughout Using Research Evidence in Education and concluding: “Research is not the next silver bullet for education reform, and simply mandating ...
Vivian Tseng
 and Sandra Nutley
Building the Infrastructure to Improve the Use and Usefulness of Research in Education
Blog Post

What Might Evidence-based Policy 2.0 Look Like?

The early generation of evidence-based policy was largely about producing evidence and disseminating information to users. The field made enormous progress in the past decade, especially around “what works” evidence. Research on effective programs is generated using more rigorous research ...
Vivian Tseng
What Might Evidence-based Policy 2.0 Look Like?
Tools

Research-Practice Partnerships Microsite

Outlining fundamental topics from structuring a partnership to funding and staffing, the site is the culminating project of the Foundation’s learning community of research–practice partnerships, which was convened twice annually from 2012–2014. This community includes partnerships from across...
Foundation Staff
Research-Practice Partnerships Microsite
Blog Post

Want to Get Research Used? Top Five Tips

Researchers often ask how they can get their research used. Many of us have devoted our careers to research because we think research can and should make a difference in the world. And yet, we struggle with making those aspirations ...
Vivian Tseng
Want to Get Research Used? Top Five Tips
Blog Post

Using Research Evidence in Education: From the Schoolhouse Door to Capitol Hill

Through No Child Left Behind to the onset of the Common Core State Standards and other federal initiatives such as Investing in Innovation (i3), we are experiencing an increased push toward the use of evidence in decision-making that affects our ...
Kara Finnigan
 and Alan Daly
Using Research Evidence in Education: From the Schoolhouse Door to Capitol Hill

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