What Counts as Evidence in Rural Schools? Evidence Based Practice and Practice Based Evidence for Complex Settings

Session Submission Type: Special Event

Abstract

Current policy favors evidence based practice—the use of data to evaluate interventions and guide practice, however, that guidance may not translate to the unique, complex contexts of rural schools. In this interactive session, participants interrogate ways that practice based evidence based on immediately relevant, locally contextualized data may be better suited to evaluate if, how, why, and for whom interventions work in the rural schools that serve one-fifth of the nation’s children.

Content Area

• LRA Annual Conference

Individual Presentations

• Discussion Area One: What is Rural? - Devon Brenner, Mississippi State University; Karen Eppley, Penn State University

• Discussion Area Two: What are Evidence Based Practice and Practice Based Evidence? - Karen Eppley, Penn State University; Patric Shannon, Penn State University

• Discussion Area Three: The Mismatch of Evidence Based Practice to Rural Areas - Devon Brenner, Mississippi State University

• Discussion Area Four: Examples of Practice Based Evidence - Amy Azano, Virginia Tech

• Discussion Area Five: A Teacher’s Response - Kara Lycke, Peoria Public Schools