Proof, Policy, and Practice : (Record no. 106578)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9781000973891 |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781579227500 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)945609601 |
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| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
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| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | LB1028.25.U6 -- .L564 2016eb |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 371.2/07 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lingenfelter, Paul E. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Proof, Policy, and Practice : |
| Remainder of title | Understanding the Role of Evidence in Improving Education. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Oxford : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Taylor & Francis Group, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2015. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (283 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Proof and Policy -- Usable Knowledge in Everyday Life-The Modest Role of Science -- Scientific "Proof " from the Perspective of a "Hard" Scientist -- Can We Find Proof in Policy and Practice? -- What About the Potential of Big Data? -- Challenges in Applying Scientific Knowledge to Practice -- Research for Fundamental Understanding and Research for Use -- Utility Without Proof: Scholarship for Policy and Practice -- Notes -- 2: Experimentation and Program Evaluation -- Evidence-Based Policy Using the Experimental Method -- Campbell and Stanley on Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research -- Experimental Program Evaluation, Evaluated -- The What Works Clearinghouse -- MDRC -- Why Isn't Experimentation More Conclusive and Productive? -- A Realist Approach for Evaluating Interventions -- Observations from the Case of Success for All -- Turning Gold into Lead? -- Notes -- 3: Measurement -- Measuring Up: State Performance in Postsecondary Education -- Measuring Up's Theory of Change -- The Strategy and Its Implementation -- Testing the Theory of Change -- Policy-Makers' Responses to Measuring Up -- Data Quality, Data Standards, Data Systems -- Measuring Student Learning: Fundamental Concepts and Issues -- Common Core State Standards for College and Career Readiness -- The Impetus for the Common Core -- Development and Implementation Thus Far -- Reflections on the Historical Context of the Common Core -- Assessing Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) -- Can Postsecondary Knowledge and Skill Be Assessed on an International Scale? -- Can Student Performance Be Directly Assessed at a Global Level with Valid Results Across Diverse Cultures, Languages, and Different Types of Institution?. |
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| Formatted contents note | Can a "Low-Stakes" Voluntary International Comparative Assessment Provide Higher Education Institutions with Feedback They Can Use to Foster Improvement in Student Learning Outcomes? -- Notes -- 4: Measurement: Fit for Which Purposes? -- The Educational Data Movement -- The Controversial Postsecondary Student Unit-Record System -- Data Ownership and the Right to Privacy for Individuals and Institutions -- Differentiating Policy and Practice -- Data and Measurement Guidelines: For Policy, Public Use, and Practice -- Fitness for Purpose: Legitimate and Effective Uses of Measurement -- Measuring Up -- Expansive Student-Level Data Systems and Common Education Data Standards -- Common Core State Standards for College and Career Readiness -- Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) -- Concluding Thoughts on the Assessment of Learning -- Notes -- 5: Getting Better: The Use of Evidence in Practice -- Technical Rationality and Reflective Practice -- Qualitative Research -- Improvement Science in Medicine -- Networked Improvement Communities: Improvement Science in Education -- Understanding the Problem in Systemic Terms -- Establishing Clear, Measurable Goals for Improvement -- Developing and Testing Theories of Action to Generate Improvement -- Analyzing Results to Guide Subsequent Action -- A Continuous Cycle of Learning and Improved Performance -- What is Evidence-Based Practice? How Can It Improve Outcomes? -- The Complexity of the Situation -- The Relevance of Evidence to the Situation -- The Quality of Evidence and Measurement -- The Ability of the Practitioner to Use Evidence -- Concluding Thoughts on Using Evidence to Improve Practice -- Notes -- 6: Research and Evidence in Government and Organizations -- Influence, Interests, Views, Information, Negotiation, Knowledge -- Influence -- Interests -- Views -- Information -- Negotiation. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Knowledge -- The Essential Role of Measurement -- The Politicization of Educational Policy -- The Culture Wars -- Markets, Hierarchy, Bureaucracy, and Pluralism -- Conflict Among Special Interests -- Social Justice: Income, Class, Opportunity, and Privilege -- What Education Studies are Influential in Political Environments? -- Consequential and Less-Consequential Research -- Resistance to Dissonant Information -- Sorting Through Elusive Connections Between Cause and Effect -- Tailoring Inquiry to the Decision-Making System -- Realistic, Operational Decision Options. -- Focus on Salient, Significant Issues. -- Reasonable Accessibility. -- Locally Focused Data and Analysis. -- Focus on Nontrivial Effects. -- Concluding Thoughts on Research, Evidence, and the Politicization of Education -- Notes -- 7: What Works, When, and How: Reflections, Observations, and Opinions -- Shaping Policy and Practice-Not Changing Worldviews -- Undesirable Variation: The Core Issue in Most Complex Social Problems -- Measuring for Improvement, Despite the Land Mines -- Uses of Measurement in Educational Policy -- Uses of Measurement in Educational Practice -- Understanding the System: the Case of Research on Chicago Schools -- Comparable, Valid Measurement of Crucial Outcome Variables -- Probing to Discover the Drivers of Improvement -- The Utility of Research Findings -- Harnessing, Not Fighting, Human Agency in Accountability for Improvement -- Balancing Measurement for Improvement and Accountability -- Illuminating Fundamental Issues of Practice -- Using Data Analytics to Improve Performance -- Employing Financial Supports, Incentives, and Sanctions -- Supporting Existing Capabilities and Developing Capabilities -- Motivating with Incentives and Enabling with Necessary Financial Resources -- Avoiding Perverse Incentives and Unproductive Expenditures. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Monitoring Outcomes and Adapting Policy to Improve -- Aligning Policy and Practice in Partnership -- In Conclusion -- Pitfalls to Avoid -- Unlocking the Potential of Evidence for Improvement -- Notes -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | This book bridges the divide. It argues that unrealistic expectations lead to both unproductive research and impossible standards for "evidence-based" policy and practice, and it offers promising ways for evidence to contribute to improvement. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Education--Research--United States. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Lingenfelter, Paul E. |
| Title | Proof, Policy, and Practice |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2015 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781579227500 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4410184">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4410184</a> |
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