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Overviews and Syntheses

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  • Online Course: Using Research to Inform Decisions.

  • Research Update: The Current State of Research Use in Education by Laura Shankland

  • Use of Research Evidence: Building Two-Way Streets by Vivian Tseng.

  • Evidence at the Crossroads: A William T Grant Foundation Series on Evidence Use in Policy.

  • Pathways from research to policy: Implications for researchers and policymakers (part 1 of 2) by Cynthia Coburn.

  • Pathways from research to policy: Implications for researchers and policymakers (part 2 of 2) by Cynthia Coburn.

  • Coburn, C. E., Honig, M. I., & Stein, M. K. What's the evidence on districts' use of evidence?. In J. D. Bransford, D. J. Stipek, N. J. Vye, L. M. Gomez & D. Lam (Eds.), The role of research in educational improvement (pp. 67-87). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press. 
    View Resource What's the evidence on districts' use of evidence

  • Contandriopoulos, D., Lemire, M., Denis, J.-L., & Tremblay, E. Knowledge exchange processes in organizations and policy arenas: A narrative systematic review of the literature. The Milbank Quarterly, 88(4), 444-483.  
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  • Johnson, K., Greenseid, L. O., Toal, S. A., King, J. A., Lawrenz, F., & Volkov, B. Research on evaluation use: A review of the empirical literature from 1986 to 2005. American Journal of Evaluation, 30(3), 377-410.  
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  • Tseng, V. The uses of research evidence in policy and practice. Social Policy Report, 26 (2), 1-16  
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  • National Research Council. Using science as evidence in public policy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.  
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Individual Differences and Research Use

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  • Amara, N., Ouimet, M., & Landry, R. New evidence on instrumental, conceptual, and symbolic utilization of university research in government agencies. Science Communication, 26 (1), 75-106. Behind Paywall
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  • Squires, J. E., Estabrooks, C. A., Gustavsson, P., & Wallin, L. Individual determinants of research utilization by nurses: a systematic review update. Implementation Science, 6 (1), 1-20.
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Organizational Processes of Research Use

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  • Video: What are organizational routines?.

  • Webinar: Absorptive Capacity: A Framework for Understanding District Central Office Learning.

  • The Role of Organizational Routines in Research Use in Four Large Urban School Districts by Coburn, C. E., Spillane, J. P., Bohannon, A. X., Allen, A-R., Ceperich, R., Beneke, A., Wong, L-S..

  • Asen, R. "The research says": Definitions and uses of a key policy term in federal law and local school board deliberations. Argumentation and Advocacy, 47, 195-213. Behind Paywall
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  • Coburn, C. E. Partnership for District Reform: The challenges of evidence use in a major urban district. Research and practice in education: Building alliances, bridging the divide (pp. 167-182). New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. Requires purchase of book.
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Research-Practice Partnerships

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  • William T. Grant Research-Practice Partnerships Microsite.

  • Research, Policy, and Practice: The Role of Intermediaries in Promoting Evidence-Based Decisions.

  • Research+Practice Collaboratory.

  • The National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships.

  • Webinar: Successes and Challenges of Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in Education Research.

  • Attending to Issues of Equity in Evaluating Research-Practice Partnership Outcomes by Henrick, E., McGee, S,. & Penuel, W.R..

  • Coburn, C. E., Penuel, W. R., & Geil, K. Research-practice partnerships at the district level: A new strategy for leveraging research for educational improvement. Berkeley, CA and Boulder, CO: University of California and University of Colorado.
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  • López Turley, R.N. & Stevens, C. (2015). Lessons From a School District–University Research Partnership: The Houston Education Research Consortium. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 37(1), 6S– 15S. Behind Paywall
    View Resource Lessons From a School District–University Research Partnership

  • Dynarski, SM, & Berends, M (2015). Introduction to Special Issue. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 37(1), 3S– 5S. Behind Paywall
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  • Conaway, C., Keesler, V., & Schwartz, N. (2015). What Research Do State Education Agencies Really Need? The Promise and Limitations of State Longitudinal Data Systems. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 37(1), 16S– 28S. Behind Paywall
    View Resource What Research Do State Education Agencies Really Need?

  • Nelson, I., London, R., & Strobel, K. (2015). Reinventing the Role of the University Researcher. Educational Researcher, 44(1), 17–26. Behind Paywall
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  • Stringfield, S. The Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk Turns 20. Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk, 20: 1–3
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  • Johnson, R., Severance, S., Penuel, W.R., & Leary, H. Teachers, tasks, and tensions: Lessons from a research–practice partnership. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10857-015-9338-3
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  • Coburn, C.E. & Penuel, W.R. Research–practice partnerships in education: Outcomes, dynamics, and open questions. Educational Researcher. Advance online publication. doi: 10.3102/0013189X16631750 Behind Paywall
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  • Biag, M., Gerstein, A., Fehrer, K.C., Sanchez, M, and Sipes, L. (2016). Data use and Inquiry in Research-Practice Partnerships: Four Case Examples. Biag, M., Gerstein, A., Fehrer, K.C., Sanchez, M, and Sipes, L. (2016). Data Use and Inquiry in Research-Practice Partnerships: Four Case Examples. Stanford, CA: John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities.
    View Resource Data use and Inquiry in Research Practice Partnerships

  • Wentworth, L., Carranza, R., & Stipek, D. (2016). A university and district partnership closes the research-to-classroom gap. Phi Delta Kappan, 97(8), 66-69.
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