Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m. Central Time
Location: Virtual (webinar)
Description: This webinar will highlight strategies that researchers can use to support evidence use by state and local education agency staff. Presenters will discuss barriers that may prevent education practitioners from using evidence-based practices, and share actionable strategies that researchers and other stakeholders can use to increase evidence use. The webinar also will feature Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest’s evidence-based intervention clearinghouse resources and coaching sessions, which were developed to encourage research use in state-level practice, particularly to help school districts in identifying practices that meet Every Student Succeeds Act evidence standards.
Partnership or Research Alliance: Midwest Alliance to Improve Knowledge Utilization
Audience: The primary audience for this webinar will include researchers, state-level education agency staff, district-level education agency staff, and school administrators.
Speakers:
- Alan Daly, Ph.D., Director of the Joint Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, University of California, San Diego
- Kara Finnigan, Ph.D., Director of the Educational Policy Program, University of Rochester
- Jaime Singer, Senior Technical Assistance Consultant, REL Midwest
- Lyzz Davis, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, REL Midwest
- Jill Bowdon, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, REL Midwest
- Heather Boughton, Ph.D., Director of Research, Evaluation, and Advanced Analytics, Ohio Department of Education
- Melissa Weber-Mayrer, Ph.D., Early Literacy Administrator, Ohio Department of Education
Report Citation: Honig, M. I., & Coburn, C. (2008). Evidence-based decision making in school district central offices: Toward a policy and research agenda. Educational Policy, 22(4), 578–608.
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ797296
Organization
Regional Educational Laboratory Program