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OECD Publishing, 2022
Across the OECD, enormous effort and investment has been made to reinforce the quality, production and use of education research in policy and practice. Despite this, using research in education remains a challenge for many countries and systems. The OECD launched the Strengthening the Impact of Education Research project to respond to this…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Theory Practice Relationship
EdSource, 2010
This appendix accompanies "Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better. A Large-Scale Study of Middle Grades Practices and Student Outcomes. Initial Research Report." This appendix contains the full bibliography of all research and policy documents consulted during the development of the ten research domains and three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Educational Policy, Research Design

Bowles, B. Dean – Education and Urban Society, 1975
Discusses four issues: the difference between policy research and basic research; the importance of policy research for basic research; the generalizability of field studies; and the relationship of both of the professor in the professional school to the client in the field and of the professional school to the overall society. (JM)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Research, Field Interviews, Field Studies

Everhart, Robert B. – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1976
Reviews some major characteristics of ethnography as they apply to policy issues and policy formulation, and ethnography's utility from the perspective of how public educational policy is made. Discusses the potential contributions of ethnography and the responsibilities ethnographers must consider if their work is to have an impact on public…
Descriptors: Educational Anthropology, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Ethnology
Andersson, Lillemor, Ed. – School Research Newsletter, 1983
This School Research Newsletter presents the research program of the National Swedish Board of Education (NBE), as adopted by the NBE Board of Directors in June 1982. The successive decisions on decentralization taken in the educational sector since 1976 have led also to a decision to alter the thrust of the research and development work within at…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Decentralization, Educational Planning, Educational Policy

Iannacoone, Laurence – Education and Urban Society, 1975
Discusses the character of the field study and its place in the scientific venture, notes the characteristic attitude toward the relationship between data and hypotheses held by the field researcher, addresses the requirements of educational policy research, and explores the fit between these and the field study's character. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Research, Field Interviews, Field Studies
Kean, Michael H. – 1980
A study conducted by the School District of Philadelphia and that city's Federal Reserve Bank, entitled "What Works in Reading," was used as a case study to determine what factors influence the translation of research findings into educational policy. The Philadelphia study, which examined variables associated with achievement growth in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Diffusion, Educational Policy

Crespo, Manuel – Canadian Journal of Education, 1980
The French language article analyzes 60 research projects undertaken in an urban Quebec school board in order to describe the research which has actually been incorporated into educational policies. The article demonstrates the importance of the way in which research is produced and adopted to the circumstances at hand. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Educational Research, French
Hite, Seven J. – 2001
Educational planners and policymakers are rarely able to base their decision-making on sound information and research, according to this book. Because the situation is even more difficult in developing countries, educational policy often is based on research conducted in others parts of the world. This book provides a practical framework that can…
Descriptors: Credibility, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Davis, Junius A. – 1976
The potential of research which uses the data base from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS) for affecting federal policy is discussed. Currently, social science research is rarely used as a basis for policy decisions. A reason for this is that social scientists profess interest in policy issues, yet are naive in…
Descriptors: Databases, Decision Making, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Carroll, John B.; And Others – 1984
Seven papers on educational research and educational improvement are presented. Robert Glaser, in the introduction, states that efforts to realize our aspirations for educational change, as well as in the social surroundings and public attitudes that aid school reforms, can be greatly assisted through research. John B. Carroll discusses…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Improvement
Roberts, Karlene H. – 1969
In order to make policy decisions, educators must evaluate educational research proposals and projects. Findings immediately related to practice are often inadequate, omitting the theoretical establishment of principles by which we can explain and predict the phenomena of our world. These theoretical linkages to the practical world of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Control Groups, Data Analysis, Decision Making Skills
Reddy, Lynn, Ed. – 2001
This document presents the national plan for research and development (R&D) in adult education and literacy that was developed by the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL). The document begins by explaining the process used to develop the plan, which included conducting a literature review, obtaining input from a national steering group, and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Lauterbach, Uwe, Ed.; Sellin, Burkart, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 32 papers from a conference on balance and perspectives in comparative vocational education and training (VET) research in Europe. Selected papers are as follows: "On the Path to Vocational Training Research with a European Dimension" (Oliver Lubke, Klaus Schedler, Alphonse de Vadder); "The Val Duchesse Social…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Continuing Education