PDC11: Use of Research and Tools From Implementation Science to Design More Useful Evaluations of Education Initiatives

Session Type: Professional Development Course

Abstract

This course focuses on applying recent research findings and tools from the field of implementation science. Organized by AERA’ s Division H (Research, Evaluation, and Assessment in Schools), the course will focus on increasing education researchers’ knowledge of approaches to analyzing and evaluating the implementation of education improvement initiatives, and on using implementation science tools to increase application of research findings in improving education initiatives in schools.

Sub Unit

• Professional Development and Training Committee

Instructors

• Rolf K. Blank, NORC at the University of Chicago

• Dean Fixsen, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

• Caryn Sabourin Ward, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill