What can quick RPP health checks look like and how can they be easily integrated into a partnership’s regular activities? An RPP evaluator describes how two RPPs are using mini-routine prompts in their regular meetings and shares three tips for using these quick health check routines in your context, even if you only have five minutes per meeting to spare.
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INDICATORS OF RPP HEALTH AND EFFECTIVENESS: INTRODUCING AN UPDATED FRAMEWORK
What is important to attend to when considering RPP effectiveness? What might RPPs strive towards in their work together? An overview of a just-released updated framework for conceptualizing RPP health and effectiveness.
ONE PARTNERSHIP’S EXPERIENCE IN SUPPORTING RPP LEARNING & PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE NNERPP ANNUAL FORUM
How can RPPs design partnership learning opportunities that bring together research- and practice side participants in new ways? The Madison Education Partnership shares their approach to partnership learning, which involved using the NNERPP Annual Forum this summer as an anchor for that learning.
DEVELOPING VALID MEASURES OF RPP EFFECTIVENESS: AN EVIDENCE-CENTERED DESIGN APPROACH
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.
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.
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.
DIMENSIONS OF EQUITY IN RPPs – A FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE PARTNERSHIP DISCUSSIONS
Stacey Sexton, Jean Ryoo, Lisa Garbrecht, and Renee Fall share a framework that supports partnerships in structuring important conversations about equity challenges faced by RPPs.
SHOULD RPPs BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING KNOWLEDGE THAT INFORMS EDUCATION EFFORTS MORE BROADLY? A MULTI-VIEW TAKE ON DIMENSION 4 FROM THE HENRICK, ET AL. RPP EFFECTIVENESS FRAMEWORK
We explore a number of aspects around the question of whether RPPs should be expected to prioritize the spread of knowledge beyond the borders of the partnership.
THE VALUE OF ENGAGEMENT: HOW TO SET UP AND FACILITATE AN EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP MEETING
Following a few key steps when setting up partnership meetings can make a big difference for engaging participants and ensuring effectiveness, write Felicia Hurwitz and Joanne Pfleiderer, who propose a number of recommendations for planning and facilitating RPP meetings that bring stakeholders together to learn about, strategize, and tackle important issues.
ATTENDING TO ISSUES OF EQUITY IN EVALUATING RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP OUTCOMES
Erin Henrick, Steven McGee, and Bill Penuel discuss how RPPs can address equity goals prioritized by their partnership using the “5 dimensions of RPP effectiveness” framework and demonstrate how by working towards each dimension of effectiveness, those engaged in partnership work are also inherently working towards equity-focused goals.
MEASURING THE VALUE OF A RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIP
In response to one of the RPP field’s most pressing challenges – quantifying the positive impact of research-practice partnerships – Faith Connolly presents the comprehensive approach her partnership takes to capturing the essence of its value.
