DID YOU KNOW?

Publication of interest: “Building Capacity for Evidence-Informed Improvement: Supporting State and Local Education Agencies” by Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple, Norma Ming, Dan Goldhaber, Akisha Osei Sarfo, and Paula Arce-Trigatti

From the introduction: “State education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) are critical levers for strengthening the educational system’s capacity to generate and use evidence for continuous improvement. However, the work of evidence generation and use is not well-understood within these agencies, nor is there a strong understanding of how the larger educational ecosystem influences this aspect of agency work. This report summarizes two convenings with state and local agency research office leaders ... More than 60 participants joined these convenings to share perspectives on the factors that support the work as well as the challenges they face, offering recommendations for how the larger educational system can support and benefit from their efforts to generate, elevate and facilitate the use of evidence.”

EVENTS

Last week, we heard from the authors of a forthcoming article that considers ways an overemphasis on markets, bureaucracies, and professionalism detracts from creating equitable RPPs.

Kemi Oyewole of Stanford University, Sumit Karn of Columbia University, Jen Classen of Pennsylvania State University, and Maxwell Yurkofsky of Radford University shared an approach to RPPs that elevates social justice at the institutional, organizational, and individual levels and invited participants to weigh in and share thoughts on the topic.





If you weren’t able to join us, you can find the recording and slides for this workshop on our Virtual Brown Bag website. (Find access details in your inbox, members only.)