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Scott, Janelle; DeBray, Elizabeth; Lubienski, Christopher; La Londe, Priya Goel; Castillo, Elise; Owens, Stephen – Peabody Journal of Education, 2017
Recent advances in conceptualizing structures of influence in education policymaking have emphasized the role of nongovernmental actors working in networks to promote their agendas. These useful insights have allowed researchers to consider the evolution from "government" to "governance" in education policymaking, broadening…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Research Utilization
Hawkins, Benjamin; Parkhurst, Justin – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2016
Calls for evidence-based policy often fail to recognise the fundamentally political nature of policy making. Policy makers must identify, evaluate and utilise evidence to solve policy problems in the face of competing priorities and political agendas. Evidence should inform but cannot determine policy choices. This paper draws on theories of…
Descriptors: Governance, Health Services, Public Policy, Evidence
Gornitzka, Åse – European Journal of Higher Education, 2013
The nexus between research and policy in higher education as in other sectors of society is multimodal and not adequately captured by the notion of a cultural gap between the world of practice and the world of research. Neither can the relationship be seen as unidirectional. This paper sketches out the range of uses of research in policy-making,…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Research, Higher Education, Relevance (Education)
Asen, Robert; Gurke, Deb; Conners, Pamela; Solomon, Ryan; Gumm, Elsa – Educational Policy, 2013
This article analyzes the use of research evidence in school-board deliberations in three school districts in Wisconsin. In these settings, the circulation, meaning, and function of research depended importantly on the interests and backgrounds of advocates, the composition of audiences, and the values and contexts of decision-making. Board…
Descriptors: Evidence, Boards of Education, School Districts, Group Dynamics
National Forum on Education Statistics, 2013
This document is intended to serve as a practical guide for implementing a teacher-student data link (TSDL) that supports a range of uses at the local, regional, and state levels. The guide addresses the considerations for linking teacher and student data from multiple perspectives, including governance, policies, data components, business rules,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Research Utilization
Alt, Albert G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This case study examined a multi-college community college district in northern California in a primarily rural area, to understand how their practices compared to management best practices designed to improve student success, barriers that may exist in implementing best practices, and how the institution may improve its own practices. The problem…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Decision Making, Success, Academic Achievement
Ben-Peretz, Miriam – 1988
This paper analyzes some of the characteristics of research on teacher thinking as it relates to educational policy. An introductory section discusses the problems inherent in relating research on teacher thinking to educational policy, based on the difference between conclusion-oriented research (which is appropriate for teacher thinking) and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Lohmann, David – 1998
This paper reports on a project to create and integrate an institutional research function into the executive-level policy decision making process at a private university. The paper identifies ten problems that needed to be overcome; they include: timeliness, consideration of qualitative factors, the limited scope of institutional research…
Descriptors: College Planning, Decision Making, Governance, Governing Boards
Campbell, Roald F.; Mazzoni, Tim L., Jr. – 1972
This paper reports on a study of governance at the State level and discusses the usefulness of projected study results. The authors discuss selection of (1) level of governance to be studied, major policy areas, and States for case studies; (2) the selection and development of the research framework; and (3) the development of the survey…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Governance, Policy, Policy Formation
Voorhis, John – 1983
This report explores state level governance as it is currently practiced in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington. After a brief introduction, section II's attention to the evolution of state boards offers a historical perspective of state intervention in educational policy-making, a review of major questions concerning the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Crosson, Patricia H.; Adams, Charles S. – 1982
A map of the field of higher education at the state level is presented that defines theoretical and conceptual frameworks, approaches to analysis, research designs, and methodologies that have been used in the study of the relationships between state governments and institutions of higher education or of state policy structures and processes.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Educational Research