Caitlin C. Farrell outlines how a collaboration between the National Center for Research in Policy and Practice (NCRPP) and NNERPP is using Evidence-Centered Design to develop measures of RPP effectiveness.
2021
RPP EVALUATION: WHAT DOES AN EVALUATOR DO?
Stacey Sexton, Erin Henrick, Madeline Noya, and Danny Schmidt examine the role and responsibilities of external RPP evaluators.
MEASURING RPP HEALTH: INTRODUCING A NEW TOOL BASED ON THE FIVE DIMENSIONS OF RPP EFFECTIVENESS
Elizabeth Barkowski and Carrie Scholz introduce a new tool for partnerships to formatively assess and continuously improve RPP health.
HOW TO KNOW AN IMPROVEMENT EFFORT IS SUCCEEDING?
David Hersh shares important considerations for and challenges in measuring the success of improvement efforts.
POSTSECONDARY RESEARCH PRIORITIES: AN OVERVIEW OF NNERPP MEMBERS’ WORK IN 2021
We outline what we are seeing in the research produced and published within the network this year with respect to various aspects of college / postsecondary-related research questions.
SHOULD RESEARCHERS IN RPPs ONLY RESEARCH? EXPLORING ROLES FOR RESEARCH-SIDE PARTNERS THAT GO BEYOND RESEARCH
Emi Iwatani and Quinn Burke examine how research-side partners in RPPs can support the practice-side in achieving their goals by taking on roles that go beyond providing research expertise.
HOW TO CREATE INCLUSIVE DATA VISUALIZATIONS
Negeen Aghassibake shares how we can be intentional about creating inclusive and transparent data visualizations that do not erase the identities of the people behind the data.
TESTING THEORIES OF INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
David Hersh shares how new improvement efforts with state- and district-level partners aim to help make continuous improvement an embedded practice rather than an add-on.
RESEARCH LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC: WHY UNRESTRICTED FUNDING IS CRITICAL TO RPPs
We hear how three RPPs in NNERPP were able to respond to the needs of their practice-side partners during the pandemic and in the wake of the racial justice movement and examine how these case studies illustrate the need for unrestricted funding sources for RPPs if we hope them to fulfill their potential utility.
WHAT’S NEW WITH RPP EFFECTIVENESS?
We provide a recap of previous and current efforts around defining and measuring RPP effectiveness, examine the overarching themes and remaining questions around these efforts, and propose a new idea for the field to consider that would measure effectiveness as instances of joint work.
ONBOARDING NEW PARTNERSHIP MEMBERS? HERE ARE THREE SLIDES TO INCLUDE
We share guidance for the kinds of essential information you might consider including in your onboarding deck to welcome new partnership members, organized into three slides.
RESULTS FROM A PANDEMIC YEAR
David Hersh shares outcomes of improvement efforts from three continuous improvement networks and takeaways from piloting and testing during a pandemic year.
