%0 Report %1 penuel2016findings %A Penuel, William R %A Briggs, Derek C %A Davidson, Kristen L %A Herlihy, Corinne %A Sherer, David %A Hill, Heather C %A Farrell, Caitlin C %A Allen, Anna-Ruth %D 2016 %K education evidence levinsky neuroed practice research %N 1 %T Findings from a National Study on Research Use Among School and District Leaders %U http://ncrpp.org/assets/documents/NCRPP_Technical-Report-1_National-Survey-of-Research-Use.pdf %X This study reports on results of a nationally representative survey of principals and district leaders in the nation’s mid-sized and large school districts. The survey focused primarily on how these educational leaders use research to inform their decision-making. In addition, the study examined leaders’ attitudes toward research, their efforts to acquire it, and the culture of research use in their organizations. The National Center for Research in Policy and Practice, a center funded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, conducted the study. A total of 733 different leaders responded to the survey from 45 states and 485 different school districts. The response rate for the survey was 51.5%. An extensive survey development process to establish the validity and reliability of measures preceded the study reported here. Two different groups of advisors with practical and research expertise in the use of research reviewed items. The team conducted cognitive interviews with 40 different educational leaders to ensure items were comprehensible and to determine whether items elicited the focal constructs. We assessed the internal consistency of scales used and used item response theory to evaluate scales’ ability to discriminate amongst different respondents. Overall, all of the scales showed good reliability.

@techreport{penuel2016findings, abstract = {This study reports on results of a nationally representative survey of principals and district leaders in the nation’s mid-sized and large school districts. The survey focused primarily on how these educational leaders use research to inform their decision-making. In addition, the study examined leaders’ attitudes toward research, their efforts to acquire it, and the culture of research use in their organizations. The National Center for Research in Policy and Practice, a center funded by the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education, conducted the study. A total of 733 different leaders responded to the survey from 45 states and 485 different school districts. The response rate for the survey was 51.5%. An extensive survey development process to establish the validity and reliability of measures preceded the study reported here. Two different groups of advisors with practical and research expertise in the use of research reviewed items. The team conducted cognitive interviews with 40 different educational leaders to ensure items were comprehensible and to determine whether items elicited the focal constructs. We assessed the internal consistency of scales used and used item response theory to evaluate scales’ ability to discriminate amongst different respondents. Overall, all of the scales showed good reliability.}, added-at = {2016-07-06T18:20:34.000+0200}, author = {Penuel, William R and Briggs, Derek C and Davidson, Kristen L and Herlihy, Corinne and Sherer, David and Hill, Heather C and Farrell, Caitlin C and Allen, Anna-Ruth}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2502993c9856a4608e1a15ad7003832be/yish}, institution = {National Center for Research in Policy and Practice}, interhash = {e67b73dcd7b33e9da14053c3460b14ee}, intrahash = {502993c9856a4608e1a15ad7003832be}, keywords = {education evidence levinsky neuroed practice research}, month = {April}, number = 1, timestamp = {2016-07-06T18:20:34.000+0200}, title = {Findings from a National Study on Research Use Among School and District Leaders}, url = {http://ncrpp.org/assets/documents/NCRPP_Technical-Report-1_National-Survey-of-Research-Use.pdf}, year = 2016 }