Policy Makers and Researchers Schooling Each Other: Lessons in Educational Policy from New York

Deborah H. Cunningham () and James Wyckoff
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Deborah H. Cunningham: Office of Business and Support Services, Nevada Department of Education

Education Finance and Policy, 2013, vol. 8, issue 3, 275-286

Abstract: Policy makers and researchers are intrigued with but also frequently frustrated by each other. Although these differences are understandable and predictable, it is clear that research on a variety of educational issues has been both influential and valuable in the development of policy and practice. There is much to suggest that researchers and policy makers should be collaborating to improve student outcomes. There are important instances of sustained collaborations between educational researchers and educational policy makers. We summarize some of these efforts but describe in more detail the Education Finance Research Consortium, a long-standing collaboration between university-based researchers and the New York State Education Department. Given the current intense focus on the role of evidence in the development of education policy, some of the lessons from this collaboration may be useful to those seeking to expand the use of evidence in policies intended to improve student learning. © 2013 Association for Education Finance and Policy

Keywords: education policy; New York (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I22 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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