A Developmental Evaluation of Research-Practice-Partnerships and Their Impacts

Autor/inn/en	Cooper, Amanda; MacGregor, Stephen; Shewchuk, Samantha
Titel	A Developmental Evaluation of Research-Practice-Partnerships and Their Impacts
Quelle	In: International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 16 (2020) 9, (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1555-5062
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Partnerships in Education; Program Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; Elementary Secondary Education; Measurement; Program Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Messverfahren
Abstract	Research-practice-partnerships (RPPs) have arisen as a potentially powerful mechanism for school improvement; however, there is little work how to evaluate RPPs. This study investigates how four RPPs are addressing impact by (a) document analysis of metrics (N = 123) being used to assess partnerships, and (b) interviews exploring how network leads (N = 11) and policymakers (N = 3) conceptualize partnerships and their impact on the frontlines. Findings suggest that while metrics being used provide a necessary baseline for the number and types of partnerships, more robust methods are needed to capture the quality of interactions and to strategically inform network development. The discussion advocates for network improvement through sharing cases of failures (alongside exemplary cases) to maximize learning, and for the use of developmental evaluation to explore the impacts of RPPs. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	PDK International, Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, and College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. Web site: http://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01