National Research Council (2012). Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
Asen, R. & Gurke, D. Investigating the Use of Research Evidence in Debates Over Education Policy (12 slides, 134KB PowerPoint). In this presentation, delivered at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, Asen and Gurke discuss lessons learned from their study, “How School Boards Weigh Research Findings in Policymaking.”
Asen, R., Gurke, D., Conners, P., Solomon, R., & Gumm, E. (2012, January 16). Research evidence and school-board deliberations: Lessons from three Wisconsin school districts. Educational Policy.
Finnigan, K., Daly, A., & Che, J.,(2013). Systemwide Reform in Districts Under Pressure: The Role of Social Networks in Defining, Acquiring, and Diffusing Research Evidence. Journal of Educational Administration, 51(4).
Gurke, D., Asen, R., Conners, P., Solomon, R., & Gumm, E. (2011). The right call: How and when should you use research to influence and enhance your decisions? American School Board Journal,198 (3), 29–31.
Lubienski, C., Scott, J., & DeBray, E. (2011, July 22). The rise of intermediary organizations in knowledge production, advocacy, and educational policy. Teachers College Record.
Massell, D. Goertz, M.E., & Barnes, C. (2012). State Education Agencies Acquisition and Use of Research Knowledge for School Improvement. Peabody Journal of Education, 87(5): 609-626.
McDonnell, L.M. & Weatherford, M.S., Evidence Use and Stages of the Common Core Standards Movement (27 pages, 87KB PDF). This paper, presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association, explores how the use of evidence varies as policy evolves with a focus on the development of the Common Core State Standards in K–12 mathematics and English-language arts.
Mosley, J. E. & Courtney, M. E. (2012). Partnership and the Politics of Care: Advocates’
Role in Passing and Implementing California’s Law to Extend Foster Care. Chicago: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.
Nelson, S.R., Leffler, J.C. & Hansen, B.A. Toward a research agenda for understanding and improving the use of research evidence, 2009. (80 pages, 514kb PDF) This report, published by NWREL, focuses on the conditions that influence the use of research evidence, other sources of evidence used in decision-making, and the factors that impede or facilitate the use of research evidence in educational policy and practice.
Palinkas, L. A., Finno, M., Fuentes, D., Garcia, A., & Holloway, I. W. (2011, August).
Evaluating dissemination of research evidence in public youth-serving systems. Paper presented at the National Child Welfare Evaluation Summit, Washington, D.C.
Palinkas, L. A., Holloway, I. W., Rice, E., Fuentes, D., Wu, Q., & Chamberlain, P. (2011). Social networks and implementation of evidence-based practices in public youth-serving systems: a mixed-methods study.
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Weatherford, M. S. & McDonnell, L. M. (2013, January). Evidence Use in Education Policy: A New Perspective on an Old Problem. Findings presented at the William T. Grant Foundation’s Use of Research grantee meeting, Santa Monica, CA.