Knowledge management - Evidence in education - Linking research and policy

Education policies and systems in all OECD countries are under increasing pressure to account for their effectiveness. However, the information available to policy-makers is often inadequate, either because of a lack of rigorous research, or because of the contradictions of research that does not suggest a single course of action. It is crucial that policy decisions in education are built on the best possible evidence.

The report"Evidence in Education: Linking Research and Policy" brings together international experts from a large proportion of OECD countries. It analyzes the issues facing policy-makers, researchers and stakeholders - teachers, media, parents - in using evidence in the most effective way.

The document focuses on the challenges, offers specific examples and presents the perspectives of experienced politicians.

The book provides a fresh look at the key issues facing policymakers, researchers and school administrators today.

Table of contents :

• The Evidence Agenda
• What Counts and What Should Count as Evidence
• What Works Clearinghouse, United States
• The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating (EPPI) Centre, United Kingdom
• The Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis Programme, New Zealand
  
  
• The Canadian Council on Learning, Canada
• The Knowledge Clearinghouse, Denmark
• The Knowledge Chamber, Netherlands
• The Social Care Institute for Excellence, United Kingdom
• A Large-scale Policy Research Programme: A Canadian Experience
• Life as Learning
  
  
• A Finnish National Research Programme
• The United Kingdom's Teaching and Learning Research Programme
• Policy-driven Research and Evidence-based Educational Innovation in Singapore
• Research-based Policy-Making: The Need for a Long-term Perspective
• Evidence-based Policy: Yes, but Evidence-based Practice as Well!
• The Importance of Evidence-informed Policy Research in Education A perspective from Wales
• Promoting Evidence-based Policy in Education: The Case of Poland
  
  

Knowledge management - Evidence in Education - Linking Research and Policy (pdf) - OECD 2007