NNERPP WELCOMES NEW MEMBER
Join us in welcoming our newest member: The Village @FCRR! The Village creates, supports, and sustains research-practice partnerships to support reading achievement, school readiness, and school success among vulnerable children and youth in the Tallahassee region.
REL MID-ATLANTIC EXAMINES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT GROWTH
In “Measuring School Performance for Early Elementary Grades in Maryland,” Lisa Dragoset, Cassandra Baxter, Dallas Dotter, and Elias Walsh explore the development of a school-level measure of student achievement growth for kindergarten to grade 3.
OFFICE FOR EDUCATION POLICY EXAMINES CHARTER SCHOOLS
In “Enrollment Trends in Northwest Arkansas Charter Schools,” Sarah C. McKenzie, Joshua McGee, Matthew H. Lee, and Charlene A. Reid examine trends in Northwest Arkansas charter enrollment to better understand which students choose to enroll and how this has changed in recent years.
MADISON EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP EXPLORES K-5 MATH CURRICULUM AND EFFECTS AMONG ENGLISH LEARNERS
In the research memo “Examining Bridges in Mathematics and Differential Effects Among English Language Learners,” Garret J. Hall, Patti Schaefer, Teri Hedges, and Eric Grodsky examine the implementation of a new mathematics curriculum in the Madison Metropolitan School District and investigate whether English language proficiency is associated with math gains.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Help spread the word about these new job opportunities! Rutgers University Newark is hiring an Associate Professor or Professor of Urban Education; Boston Public Schools is hiring an External Research Manager and a Data Quality Analyst; the Tennessee Department of Education is hiring a Research Analyst; and the Research Alliance for New York City Schools is hiring a Research Analyst (Technical) and a Research Associate.
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DID YOU KNOW...?
Interested in RPP effectiveness? The role of brokers in RPPs? How to engage with multiple stakeholders? We recently added new resources on these topics, as well as uploads on other relevant partnership topics, to our RPP Knowledge Clearinghouse for you to explore! The NNERPP RPP Knowledge Clearinghouse is a curated collection of the most relevant and up-to-date RPP resources and artifacts from across the web.
Whether you are a student of research-practice partnerships or working in one, this continuously updated collection gives insight into the field’s most relevant questions.
Explore here!
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VIRTUAL BROWN BAGS
For NNERPP members only
Our next Virtual Brown Bag is coming up on Monday, February 24, at 3 pm ET / 2 pm CT / 12 pm PT!
Presenter:
Caitlin Farrell, National Center for Research in Policy & Practice (NCRPP)
Topic:
Join us as we chat with Caitlin Farrell, Director of NCRPP and good friend of NNERPP, who will share updates on a recent William T. Grant funded effort to develop RPP effectiveness measures. We’ll introduce the project, share the approaches we are taking to develop the measures, provide an update on where we are, and present some puzzles we’ve encountered thus far. Caitlin is the PI of this work, along with co-PIs Paula Arce-Trigatti (NNERPP), Bill Penuel (CU Boulder), and Jim Soland (UVA).
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