ISBE Research Methods Training Session 2: Surveys and Focus Groups

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Description:

REL Midwest is facilitating a five-part, in-person training series to build staff capacity at the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) to understand and apply research to support ISBE’s continued efforts to focus on evidence-based decision making. The trainings build on a previous series of trainings for Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction staff and have been tailored for ISBE. This session covers appropriate uses of surveys and focus groups to collect data and provides an overview of design framework best practices for planning surveys and focus groups.

Partnership: Midwest Alliance to Improve Knowledge Utilization

Speaker: Dominique Bradley, PhD, Researcher, REL Midwest

Resources:

• Slides [2,079 KB ]
• Handout 1: Project Updates and Today’s Focus [148 KB ]
• Handout 2: From Research Questions to Measures [147 KB ]
• Handout 3: Survey Sampling Planning Tool [206 KB ]
• Handout 4: Focus Group Planning Tool [145 KB ]