Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide a forum within AERA for the involvement of individuals drawn together by a common interest in a field of study, teaching, or research when the existing divisional structure may not directly facilitate such activity. The Association provides SIGs program time at the Annual Meeting, publicity, scheduling, staff support, viability, and the prestige of AERA affiliation.
We are pleased to offer five webinars intended to familiarize you with the concept of a Networked Improvement Community, and each of the four important components and elements of a successful NIC. An introductory 30-minute webinar will feature one or two experts from out team providing key background information about the focal challenges of building a NIC. A facilitated discussion forum will continue for two weeks after the video is posted to this site. At the end of the two weeks, another live webinar with the same expert will be featured. This follow-up webinar will focus on the topics that have arisen through the online forum, as well as questions that are asked live during the webinar.
Penuel, W. R., Fishman, B. J., Cheng, B. H. , & Sabelli, N. (2011). Organizing Research and Development at the Intersection of Learning, Implementation, and Design. Educational Researcher, 40(7), 331–337. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X11421826
Krumm, A., Means, B., & Bienkowski, M. (2018). Learning Analytics Goes to School: A Collaborative Approach to Improving Education (1st ed.). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Learning-Analytics-Goes-to-School-A-Collaborative-Approach-to-Improving/Krumm-Means-Bienkowski/p/book/9781138121836
Cohen-Vogel, L., Tichnor-Wagner, A., Allen, D., Harrison, C., Kainz, K., Socol, A. R., & Wang, Q. (2015). Implementing Educational Innovations at Scale: Transforming Researchers Into Continuous Improvement Scientists. Educational Policy, 29(1), 257-277. PAIS Index; Research Library. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904814560886
Tichnor-Wagner, A., Wachen, J., Cannata, M., & Cohen-Vogel, L. (2017). Continuous Improvement in the Public School Context: Understanding How Educators Respond to Plan–Do–Study–Act Cycles. Journal of Educational Change, 18(4), 465–494. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-017-9301-4
Peurach, D., Penuel, W., & Russell, J. (2018). Beyond Ritualized Rationality: Organizational Dynamics of Instructionally-Focused Continuous Improvement. The Sage Handbook of School Organization, Query date: 2020-06-13 16:13:41, 465–489.
Bryk, A. S., Gomez, L. M., Grunow, A., & LeMahieu, P. G. (2015). Learning to Improve: How America’s Schools Can Get Better at Getting Better. Harvard Education Press. https://www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/learning-to-improve
Bang, M., & Vossoughi, S. (2016). Participatory Design Research and Educational Justice: Studying Learning and Relations Within Social Change Making. Cognition and Instruction, 34(3), 173–193. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370008.2016.1181879
Donovan, M. S., Snow, C., & Daro, P. (2013). The SERP Approach to Problem-Solving Research, Development, and Implementation. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 112(2), 400–425.
Coburn, C. E., & Penuel, W. R. (2016). Research–Practice Partnerships in Education: Outcomes, Dynamics, and Open Questions. Educational Researcher, 45(1), 48–54. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X16631750
Fishman, B. J., Penuel, W. R., Allen, A.-R., Cheng, B. H., & Sabelli, N. (2013). Design-Based Implementation Research: An Emerging Model for Transforming the Relationship of Research and Practice. National Society for the Study of Education, 112(2), 136–156.
Peurach, D. J. (2016). Innovating at the Nexus of Impact and Improvement: Leading Educational Improvement Networks. Educational Policy, 30(7), 606–648. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X16670898
Penuel, W. R., & Gallagher, D. J. (2017). Creating Research-Practice Partnerships in Education. Harvard Education Press. https://www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/creating-research-practice-partnerships-in-educati
Peurach, D. J., Glazer, J. L., & Winchell Lenhoff, S. (2016). The Developmental Evaluation of School Improvement Networks. Educational Policy, 30(4), 606–648. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904814557592
Cobb, P., Jackson, K., Henrick, E., & Smith, T. M. (2018). Systems for Instructional Improvement: Creating Coherence from the Classroom to the District Office. Harvard Education Press. https://www.hepg.org/hep-home/books/systems-for-instructional-improvement#
Glazer, J. L., & Peurach, D. J. (2013). School Improvement Networks as a Strategy for Large-Scale Education Reform: The Role of Educational Environments. Educational Policy, 27(4), 676–710. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904811429283
Bryk, A. S., Gomez, L. M., & Grunow, A. (2011). Getting Ideas into Action: Building Networked Improvement Communities in Education. In M. T. Hallinan (Ed.), Frontiers in Sociology of Education (pp. 127–162). Springer Netherlands. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-007-1576-9_7
Sherer, D., Norman, J., Bryk, A. S., Peurach, D. J., Vasudeva, A., & McMahon, K. (2020). Evidence for improvement: An Integrated Analytic Approach for Supporting Networks in Education. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching,
Russell, J. L., Meredith, J., Childs, J., Stein, M. K., & Prine, D. W. (2015). Designing Inter-Organizational Networks to Implement Education Reform: An Analysis of State Race to the Top Applications. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 37(1), 92–112. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373714527341
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Peurach, D. J., & Foster, A. T. (2020). The Policy Context of United States Educational Innovation and Improvement. Oxford Bibliographies. https://doi.org/10.1093/OBO/9780199756810-0249
Lewis, C. (2015). What Is Improvement Science? Do We Need It in Education? Educational Researcher, 44(1), 54–61. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X15570388
Tichnor-Wagner, A., Allen, D., Socol, A., Cohen-Vogel, L., Rutledge, S., & Xing, Q. W. (2018). Studying Implementation Within a Continuous-Improvement Process: What Happens When We Design With Adaptations in Mind? Teachers College Record, 120(5), 1–52.
Peurach, D. J., & Neumerski, C. M. (2015). Mixing Metaphors: Building Infrastructure for Large Scale School Turnaround. Journal of Educational Change, 16(4), 379–420. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-015-9259-z
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Snow, C. E. (2015). 2014 Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture: Rigor and Realism: Doing Educational Science in the Real World. Educational Researcher, 44(9), 460–466. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X15619166
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Peurach, Donald J.
Critical Perspectives on Educational Innovation and Improvement Science
