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
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
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
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.
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
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#
Henrick, E. C., Cobb, P., Penuel, W. R., Jackson, K., & Clark, T. (2017). Assessing Research-Practice Partnerships: Five Dimensions of Effectiveness. William T Grant Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED610463
Ghiso, M. P., Campano, G., Schwab, E. R., Asaah, D., & Rusoja, A. (2019). Mentoring in Research-Practice Partnerships: Toward Democratizing Expertise. AERA Open, 5(4), 2332858419879448. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419879448
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
Bryk, A. S., Sebring, P. B., Allensworth, E., Easton, J. Q., & Luppescu, S. (2010). Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago. University of Chicago Press.
Arce-Trigatti, P., Chukhray, I., & López Turley, R. N. (2018). Research–Practice Partnerships in Education. In B. Schneider (Ed.), Handbook of the Sociology of Education in the 21st Century (pp. 561–579). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76694-2_25
Bryk, A. S. (2015). 2014 AERA Distinguished Lecture: Accelerating How We Learn to Improve. Educational Researcher, 44(9), 467–477. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X15621543
Farrell, C. C., Harrison, C., & Coburn, C. E. (2019). “What the Hell Is This, and Who the Hell Are You?” Role and Identity Negotiation in Research-Practice Partnerships. AERA Open, 5(2), 2332858419849595. https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419849595
Vakil, S., McKinney de Royston, M., Suad Nasir, N., & Kirshner, B. (2016). Rethinking Race and Power in Design-Based Research: Reflections from the Field. Cognition and Instruction, 34(3), 194–209. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370008.2016.1169817
York, A., Valladares, S., Valladares, M. R., Garcia, M., & Snyder, J. D. (2020). Community Research Collaboratives. National Education Policy Center & Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education.
Coburn, C. E., Penuel, W. R., & Geil, K. E. (2013). Research-Practice Partnerships: A Strategy for Leveraging Research for Educational Improvement in School Districts. William T. Grant Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED568396
Farley-Ripple, E., May, H., Karpyn, A., Tilley, K., & McDonough, K. (2018). Rethinking Connections Between Research and Practice in Education: A Conceptual Framework. Educational Researcher, 47(4), 235–245. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X18761042
Dolle, J. R., Gomez, L. M., Russell, J. L., & Bryk, A. S. (2013). More than a Network: Building Professional Communities for Educational Improvement. Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 112(2), 443–463. https://doi.org/10.1177/016146811311501413
Gutiérrez, K. D., & Penuel, W. R. (2014). Relevance to Practice as a Criterion for Rigor. Educational Researcher, 43(1), 19–23. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X13520289
Warren, M. R., Park, S. O., & Tieken, M. C. (2016). The Formation of Community-Engaged Scholars: A Collaborative Approach to Doctoral Training in Education Research. Harvard Educational Review, 86(2), 233–260. https://doi.org/10.17763/0017-8055.86.2.233
Allensworth, E. (2013). The Use of Ninth-Grade Early Warning Indicators to Improve Chicago Schools. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR), 18(1), 68–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/10824669.2013.745181
Penuel, W. R., Allen, A.-R., Coburn, C. E., & Farrell, C. C. (2015). Conceptualizing Research–Practice Partnerships as Joint Work at Boundaries. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR), 20(1–2), 182–197. https://doi.org/10.1080/10824669.2014.988334
Yamada, H., Bohannon, A. X., Grunow, A., & Thorn, C. A. (2018). Assessing the Effectiveness of Quantway®: A Multilevel Model With Propensity Score Matching. Community College Review, 46(3), 257–287. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091552118771754
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
Russell, J. L., Bryk, A. S., Dolle, J. R., Gomez, L. M., Lemahieu, P. G., & Grunow, A. (2017). A Framework for the Initiation of Networked Improvement Communities. Teachers College Record, 119(5), 1–36. https://doi.org/10.1177/016146811711900501
Borko, H., Jacobs, J., Koellner, K., & Swackhamer, L. E. (2015). Mathematics Professional Development: Improving Teaching Using the Problem-Solving Cycle and Leadership Preparation Models. Teachers College Press.
López Turley, R. N., & Stevens, C. (2015). Lessons From a School District–University Research Partnership: The Houston Education Research Consortium. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 37(1_suppl), 6S-15S. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373715576074
Rosenquist, B. A., Henrick, E. C., & Smith, T. M. (2015). Research–Practice Partnerships to Support the Development of High Quality Mathematics Instruction for All Students. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR), 20(1–2), 42–57. https://doi.org/10.1080/10824669.2014.988335
Nelson, I. A., London, R. A., & Strobel, K. R. (2015). Reinventing the Role of the University Researcher. Educational Researcher, 44(1), 17–26. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X15570387
Henrick, E. C., Klafehn, A. B., & Cobb, P. (2018). Assessing the Impact of Partnership Recommendations on District Instructional Improvement Strategies. In P. Cobb, K. Jackson, E. Henrick, & T. M. Smith (Eds.), Systems for Instructional Improvement: Creating Coherence from the Classroom to the District Office (pp. 209–220). Harvard Education Press.
Farrell, C. C., Coburn, C. E., & Chong, S. (2019). Under What Conditions Do School Districts Learn From External Partners? The Role of Absorptive Capacity. American Educational Research Journal, 56(3), 955–994. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831218808219
Oakes, J. (2018). 2016 AERA Presidential Address: Public Scholarship: Education Research for a Diverse Democracy. Educational Researcher, 47(2), 91–104. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X17746402
Warren, M. R. (2018). Research Confronts Equity and Social Justice–Building the Emerging Field of Collaborative, Community Engaged Education Research: Introduction to the Special Issue. Urban Education, 53(4), 439–444. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085918763495
Harrison, C., Davidson, K., & Farrell, C. (2017). Building Productive Relationships: District Leaders’ Advice to Researchers. International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 12(4), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.22230/ijepl.2017v12n4a770
Biag, M., Gerstein, A., Fehrer, K., Sanchez, M., & Sipes, L. (2016). Data Use and Inquiry in Research-Practice Partnerships: Four Case Examples. In John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities. John W. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED573654
Kochanek, J., Lacireno-Paquet, N., & Carey, R. (2014). Developing a Coherent Research Agenda: Lessons from the REL Northeast & Islands Research Agenda Workshops. National Center for Educational Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/rel/Products/Region/northeast/Publication/3601
Muñoz, M. A., & Rodosky, R. J. (2015). School Districts as Partners in Research Efforts. Phi Delta Kappan, 96(5), 42–46. https://doi.org/10.1177/0031721715569469
Penuel, W. R., Farrell, C. C., Allen, A.-R., Toyama, Y., & Coburn, C. E. (2018). What Research District Leaders Find Useful. Educational Policy, 32(4), 540–568. https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904816673580
Russell, J. L., Jackson, K., Krumm, A. E., & Frank, K. A. (2013). Theories and Research Methodologies for Design-Based Implementation Research: Examples from Four Cases. Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education, 115(14), 157–191. https://doi.org/10.1177/016146811311501401
Thompson, K. D., Martinez, M. I., Clinton, C., & Díaz, G. (2017). Considering Interest and Action: Analyzing Types of Questions Explored by Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships. Educational Researcher, 46(8), 464–473. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X17733965
Anyon, Y., Gregory, A., Stone, S., Farrar, J., Jenson, J. M., McQueen, J., Downing, B., Greer, E., & Simmons, J. (2016). Restorative Interventions and School Discipline Sanctions in a Large Urban School District. American Educational Research Journal, 53(6), 1663–1697. https://doi.org/10.3102/0002831216675719
