Use of Research Evidence

While evidence-based practices are available to promote positive developmental outcomes for youth in the child welfare system, they are not routinely provided.

How do staff at youth programs acquire and use research to inform their program designs and practices?

Under what circumstances do state policymakers use research evidence as a basis for children and youth’s public health initiatives?

What is the role of research in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)?

This grant will support the dissemination of grantee work on the use of research evidence to policymakers and practitioners.

How do research-practice partnerships support the use of research in school districts?

What happens to findings from studies funded by the federal Institute of Education Sciences (IES)?

The first phase of the study will examine how the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) develops their plan to disseminate ACE research evidence and clarify whether the State and other key policy partners have developed content ...

The investigator will analyze the development of six efforts of the Obama administration: home visitation, teen pregnancy prevention, the Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund, the Social Innovation Fund, the Community College Challenge Fund, and the Workforce Innovation Fund.

The investigators will examine what research is used by intermediaries, how that research is packaged and conveyed to policymakers, and how policymakers use it across three policy issues at the federal level and in three cities.