Resource List for What Does the Research Say?

March 14, 2025

“What Does the Research Say?” Resource List

For more information on the references cited in his article, author Lucas Bernays Held offers this resource guide. 

• Early reading interventions: Current Evidence on the Effects of Intensive Early Reading Interventions, Jeanne Wanzek, et al., 2018, Current Evidence on the Effects of Intensive Early Reading Interventions - PMC.
• Tuscaloosa’s work on summer learning: Why – and How – Two Districts Transformed Their Summer Programs, Why–and How–Two Districts Transformed Their Summer Programs | Wallace Foundation and Getting to Work on Summer Learning Recommended Practices for Success, 2nd ed. | Wallace Foundation
• Guide for school board members on evidence use: The EEF guide to become an evidence-informed school governor and trustee, Education Endowment Foundation, EEF_Guide_for_School_Governors_and_Trustees_2019.pdf. Note: The guide is aimed at UK board members, so specific references need to be adapted to the U.S
• Research use in three districts: What Research District Leaders Find Useful, William R. Penuel, et al., Educational Policy, 2018. Based on a study of three districts including 61 interviews and 77 survey responses. What Research District Leaders Find Useful - William R. Penuel, Caitlin C. Farrell, Anna-Ruth Allen, Yukie Toyama, Cynthia E. Coburn, 2018
• The SEE-S survey of research use in schools: Survey of Evidence in Education for Schools (SEE-S) Descriptive Report
•           The role of intermediaries in research use: “Broken Bridges: The Role of Brokers in Connecting Educational Leaders Around Research Evidence,” Kara S. Finnigan, et al., in Networks, Knowledge Brokers, and the Public Policymaking Process., Ed. Matthew S. Weber, Palgrave Macmillan 2021. Networks, Knowledge Brokers, and the Public Policymaking Process | SpringerLink
•           Valuing knowledge from research: Absorptive Capacity as a Means of Understanding and Addressing the Disconnects Between Research and Practice, Mindy Crain-Dorough, et al., Review of Research in Education, 2021. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/0091732X21990614 
• Board deliberations on research: “The Research Says: Definitions and Uses of a Key Policy Term in Federal Law and Local School Board Deliberations, Argumentation and Advocacy, 2017. Microsoft Word - Definitions-and-Uses-of-a-Key-Policy-Term-in-Federal-Law-and-Local-School-Board-Deliberations.docx

•          Michael Casserly: The Enduring Promise of America’s Great City Schools, Michael Casserly, Harvard Education Press, 2024. The Enduring Promise of America’s Great City Schools

•          Meredith Honig: From Tinkering to Transformation: How School District Central Offices Drive Equitable Teaching and Learning, Meredith I. Honig and Lydia R. Rainey, Harvard Education Press, 2023. From Tinkering to Transformation
•          Mark Rickinson: The Quality Use of Research Evidence Framework developed by Monash  University and the Paul Ramsay Foundation can be downloaded at Quality Use Of Research Evidence (QURE) Framework Report

     Lucas Bernays Held (lheld763@gmail.com) is a strategic communications consultant. He was formerly vice 

     president for communications at The Wallace Foundation.