How State Education Agencies Acquire and Use Research in School Improvement Strategies

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Communication Technology and New Media
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Organizational Communication
Social Media
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Massell, Diane
Barnes, Carol
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Policymakers have urged state education agencies (SEAs) to engage with organizations outside of their agencies to extend their capacity and to help them collect and use research to support school improvement. However, little is known about how SEAs search for, select, and use research in their school improvement efforts. In the first study to examine communication structures, social capital, and information networks within SEAs, researchers Goertz, Barnes, and Massell in How State Education Agencies Acquire and Use Research in School Improvement Strategies applied social network perspectives and methods to identify knowledge sources utilized by SEAs. Their findings provide important insights into how SEA staff search for and incorporate research in their work and provide guidance to SEAs and policymakers on ways to apply these findings.

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2014-10-01
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PB #14-2 View on the CPRE website (http://www.cpre.org/pb-SEAs).
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