Improving the Use of Research Evidence in High-Need Urban High Schools

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Abstract

This study looks at the school-level conditions and surrounding ecosystems under which different types of research evidence are sustainable. Using the co-creation theory, we utilize a research-practice partnership to understand how high-need urban high schools can develop and sustain the capacity to use research evidence to improve teacher efficacy and, as a result, life outcomes for urban youth. By collecting different data types - interviews with principals, review of district key strategic planning documents, personnel surveys, and school observations from the 2022-2023 school year, we test the associations between the use of research evidence and teacher efficacy and 'how’ and ‘why’ these processes make these associations most sustainable at the school level.

Authors

• Meril Antony, Rutgers University - Newark

• Claudia M. Castillo-Lavergne, Rutgers University - Newark

• Vandeen Campbell, Rutgers University - Newark