How school and district leaders access, perceive, and use research

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) William Penuel, University of Colorado-Boulder; Derek Briggs, University of Colorado-Boulder

Version:  View help for Version V2

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1_Survey_Response_v_NonResponse.R text/x-r-syntax 6.5 KB 11/29/2019 07:08:AM
2_Sampling_Weights_Role.R text/x-r-syntax 4.9 KB 11/29/2019 06:51:AM
3_Application_of_Research.R text/x-r-syntax 5.5 KB 11/28/2019 05:59:PM
4_Attitudes_Toward_Research.R text/x-r-syntax 3.5 KB 11/28/2019 05:38:PM
5_Misc_Survey_Variables.R text/x-r-syntax 6.7 KB 11/28/2019 05:38:PM
6_Survey_Variable_Means.R text/x-r-syntax 8.7 KB 11/28/2019 06:29:PM
Form-A-vFinal_formatted.pdf application/pdf 417 KB 11/28/2019 06:30:PM
Form-B-vFinal_formatted.pdf application/pdf 412.3 KB 03/10/2016 10:16:AM
Penuel_Analytic_Sample_2017.csv text/csv 1.6 MB 03/10/2016 10:16:AM
Penuel_Full_Data_2017.csv text/csv 1.7 MB 12/19/2021 07:38:AM

Project Citation: 

Penuel, William, and Briggs, Derek. How school and district leaders access, perceive, and use research. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-01-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/E115824V2

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary
This study examined how school and district leaders access, value, and use research. From a representative sample of school districts across the United States, we surveyed 733 school and district leaders as part of an effort to develop understanding of the prevalence of research use, the nature of leaders’ attitudes toward research, and individual and organizational correlates of research use. School and district leaders alike reported frequent use of research use and generally positive attitudes toward research. Leaders reported accessing research primarily through their professional networks. Those in certain roles, those pursuing or holding an advanced degree, and those who reported a strong organizational culture of evidence use reported higher levels of research use. These findings suggest that policy efforts to promote evidence use among education leaders will be welcomed but that policy makers need to take into account the prevalence of various types of research use in designing supports for evidence use.

Scope of Project

Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage USA
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2015 – 2016
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2015 – 2016
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) observational data

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate 51.5%

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V2 [2022-01-18]

V1 [2019-11-29]

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