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Evidence-Based Practice in the UK: What Will It Take?

Evidence-Based Practice in the UK: What Will It Take?. Robert E. Slavin University of York and Johns Hopkins University. Extraordinary Developments in Evidence-Based Practice. Goldacre Review Education Endowment Foundation Realising Ambition Early Intervention Foundation

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Evidence-Based Practice in the UK: What Will It Take?

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  1. Evidence-Based Practice in the UK:What Will It Take? Robert E. Slavin University of York and Johns Hopkins University

  2. Extraordinary Developments in Evidence-Based Practice • Goldacre Review • Education Endowment Foundation • Realising Ambition • Early Intervention Foundation • Coalition for Evidence-Based Education • Climate of Change

  3. What is Evidence-Based Practice? • Educators using interventions, materials, and technologies proven to be effective in rigorous experiments. • Randomised experiments • Other rigorous designs

  4. What is Not Evidence-Based Practice (But Sounds Like It)? • Top-down mandating of practices “supported by research.” • Providing teachers with general principles supported by research • Asking educators to become researchers themselves • Asking each school to invent its own “research-informed” methods.

  5. A Vision of Evidence-Based Practice • Educators evaluating their needs and choosing among proven interventions • Many proven interventions in each area, each with CPD, materials, and capacity • Incentive funding from government to help educators implement proven interventions • Assistance to help educators make wise choices and implement well (knowledge brokering)

  6. What Can We Learn from the History of Evidence-Based Practice • National Diffusion Network (NDN) - US • Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) - US • Investing in Innovation (i3) - US • Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) - UK

  7. What Initiatives are Needed to Support Evidence-Based Practice? • Development and evaluation of proven interventions • Summaries of evidence • Creation of strong organisations to scale up proven models • Incentive funding to schools • Involving practitioners/governors/unions in demanding effective interventions • Knowledge brokering

  8. Where Does the UK Stand in Promoting Evidence-Based Practice? • EEF • EIF • Realising Ambition • Reviews of Evidence • Strong Organisations • Support for Schools

  9. Next Steps • Development • Organisation building • Evaluation • Knowledge brokering • Incentives to schools

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