Multilevel Measurement of Organizational Use of Research in Schools

• In Event: 34.078 - Roundtable Session 13
  In Roundtable Session: 34.078-9 - Research Use: Perspectives on Conceptualizing and Measuring Issues Surrounding Use

Abstract

Depth of use refers to the complex ways in which evidence use is meaningful, systematic, and likely to generate improvements in policy and practice. The Center for Research Use in Education (CRUE) has developed a survey to measure depth of research use by schools and teachers through collection of multilevel data from district staff, school administrators, and classroom teachers. Given the diversity of roles and insights of individuals within schools, our survey takes a “choose-your-own adventure” approach in which responses to prior questions determine the wording and sequence of questions presented to each respondent. This paper and presentation detail our conceptual framework, instrument development process, survey structure and items, and results from qualitative and quantitative data collected to date.

Authors

• Henry May, University of Delaware

• Kalyn McDonough, University of Delaware

• Katherine Tilley, University of Delaware

• Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple, University of Delaware

• Allison Karpyn, University of Delaware

• Rebecca A. Maynard, University of Pennsylvania

• Joseph Tise, Pennsylvania State University