December 5, 2013
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Research, Policy, and Practice: The Role of Research-Practice
Partnerships in Promoting Evidence-Based Decisions
December 5, 2013
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Today’s Agenda:
Dr. Cynthia Coburn, Northwestern University
Dr. Amy Gerstein, Stanford University, Executive Director of the John W. Gardner Center
Dr. Phil Bell, University of Washington, Director of the UW Institute for Science and Math Education
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C Y N T H I A E . C O B U R N , N O RT H W E S T E R N U N I V E R S I T Y
RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIPS:LEVERAGING RESEARCH FOR EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• William Penuel, University of Colorado, Boulder• Kimberly Geil, Independent Researcher
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WHY DON’T EDUCATIONAL LEADERS USE RESEARCH?
• Not focused on pressing concerns• Not credible• Not timely or useful• Lack of capacity
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RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIPS
Long-term collaborations between practitioners and researchers that are organized to investigate problems of practice and solutions for improving system outcomes
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RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIPS: WHAT DO ADVOCATES SAY?
• Increase relevance• Increase credibility• Increase usability• Brings greater expertise to district decision
making• Increase organizational capacity to use research
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WHITE PAPER
• Commissioned by William T. Grant Foundation• Reviewed research related to research-practice
partnerships• Interviewed key leaders across the country• Conducted case studies on select partnerships
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CORE FEATURES
• Focus research on problems of practice• Long-term• Mutualistic• Produce original analyses • Carefully structured and organized
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TYPOLOGY OF RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIPS
• Research Alliances• Design Research Partnerships• Network Improvement Communities
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RESEARCH ALLIANCES
• Place-based• Primary goal is to inform local policy and practice• Perform research on key policy issues• Develop and maintain data archives• Distinct roles for researchers and practitioners;
collaboration at beginning and end of process
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EXEMPLARS
• John Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities• Consortium for Chicago School Research• Research Alliance for New York City Schools
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DESIGN RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
• Place-based• Co-design and test strategies for improving
teaching and learning locally that also yield general knowledge about teaching and learning• Researchers and practitioners engage in
collaboration at every stage of the process
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EXEMPLARS
• University af Washington and Bellevue Public Schools• MIST, a partnership of Vanderbilt University with
Fort Worth Independent School District and Jefferson County Public Schools• Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP)
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NETWORK IMPROVEMENT COMMUNITIES
• Constituted as networks• Use form of research called “improvement
science”• Focuses on small tests of change and rapid cycles
of research and development• Roles of researchers and district staff can become
blurred• Goal is to build capacity, “improve improvement”
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EXEMPLARS
• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching• BTEN project on teacher effectiveness and retention• Statway and Quantway, networks for community colleges
addressing developmental mathematics
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CHALLENGES
• Researchers and practitioners occupy different cultural worlds
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CHALLENGES
• Researchers and practitioners occupy different cultural worlds• Maintaining mutualism
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CHALLENGES
• Researchers and practitioners occupy different cultural worlds• Maintaining mutualism• High turnover in district leadership
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CHALLENGES
• Researchers and practitioners occupy different cultural worlds• Maintaining mutualism• High turnover in district leadership• Funding, especially for infrastructure
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IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY MAKERS
• Provide funding for partnership infrastructure
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IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY MAKERS
• Provide funding for partnership infrastructure• Consider co-funding researchers and practitioners
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IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY MAKERS
• Provide funding for partnership infrastructure• Consider co-funding researchers and practitioners• Invest in capacity building
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IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY MAKERS
• Provide funding for partnership infrastructure• Consider co-funding researchers and practitioners• Invest in capacity building• Develop infrastructure for spread and scale
beyond local districts
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COPY OF WHITE PAPER
• http://www.wtgrantfoundation.org/publications_and_reports/browse_reports/research-practice-partnerships-a-strategy-for-leveraging-research-for-educational-improvement-in-school-districts• Or email: [email protected]
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Research, Policy and Practice: The Role of Intermediaries in Promoting Evidence-Based Decisions
American Youth Policy Forum Webinar
December 5, 2013
Amy Gerstein, PhD Executive Director
John W. Gardner CenterStanford University
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The Gardner Center partners with communities to develop leadership, conduct community-driven research, and effect positive change in the lives of youth
About the Gardner Center
RESEARCH
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
CAPACITYBUILDING
CHANGE
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The Youth Sector
YOUTH
AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS
SUMMER PROGRAMS
HEALTH SERVICES
FAMILIES
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
NEIGHBORHOODS
SCHOOLS
SOCIAL SERVICES
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Deep Partnership is Essential• Deep partnerships underlie a robust youth
sector approach to community youth development
• Partnerships build trust• This is hard work; it takes TIME
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Principles and Considerations• Engage stakeholders at every step of the
process• Communicate a commitment to using data
for action• Consider tensions or conflicting purposes• Cultivate shared responsibility and discourse• Ensure sufficient capacity – human and
technology
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GOALSupport youth
and families and strengthen community
KEY PLAYERS
8 public and nonprofit
organizations in Redwood
City
OUR ROLESince 2000, we have provided
capacity building,
research, and community
engagement across all initiatives
Redwood City 2020 Partnership
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GOALImprove
supports and opportunities for youth in East Palo
Alto
KEY PLAYERS33 youth serving
organizations convened by One East Palo
Alto
OUR ROLEServe as data partner
Advise on the steering and youth development committees
YESS Partnership
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GOALImprove the educational success of
court-dependent
youth collectively served by partner
organizations
KEY PLAYERS
Child Welfare Services,
foster youth service
providers, four school
districts
OUR ROLELink
dependency records to
educational data to examine the relationship
between dependency and
school outcomes
Educational Outcomes for Court Dependent Youth
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GOALDouble the number of
underrepresented students with a
workplace applicable
postsecondary credential by
2020
KEY PLAYERS
Mayor’s Office brought together
SFUSD, CCSF, DCYF, the Gardner
Center, and others
OUR ROLESupport the initiative via data analysis using the YDA
Bridge to Success Partnership
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Contributions to the Youth Sector & Research Community
• Supports efforts to improve youth service & outcomes
• Advances inter-agency collaboration
• Increases coherence of policy and practice
• Shifts how rigorous research is conceived and conducted
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gardnercenter.stanford.edu
@gardnercenter
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