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Maxwell, Bronwen; Sharples, Jonathan; Coldwell, Mike – Review of Education, 2022
Models of research use in education tend to focus on specific elements of education systems or underplay the complexity of system change. Within other public policy areas, notably health, more work has been undertaken to integrate systems thinking when considering knowledge mobilisation and research use. In this paper, we survey public policy…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Research Utilization, Public Policy, Policy Analysis
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Malouf, David B.; Taymans, Juliana M. – Educational Researcher, 2016
An analysis was conducted of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) research evidence base on the effectiveness of replicable education interventions. Most interventions were found to have little or no support from technically adequate research studies, and intervention effect sizes were of questionable magnitude to meet education policy goals. These…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Effect Size
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Somers, Patricia A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1995
Methods of evaluating college and university student financial aid policies are examined in two case studies of institutions using different aid strategies: one that rewarded a few high-achieving students and one that emphasized student self-help. It is concluded that such research can be helpful to institutions in determining appropriate…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Case Studies, College Administration, Enrollment Influences
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Schuller, Tom; Jochems, Wim; Moos, Lejf; van Zanten, Agnes – European Educational Research Journal, 2006
The EERJ roundtable took as its point of departure the experience of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) in carrying out policy research. CERI has conducted four reviews of national educational research and development (in New Zealand, England, Mexico and…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis