The Future of Education Research at IES Advancing an Equity-Oriented Science (2022) / Chapter Skim
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9 Concluding Observations
9 Concluding Observations
Pages 191-196
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to identify new and different types of research training investments that would benefit IES. To carry out its charge, the committee gathered and reviewed evidence from multiple sources, including official documents from IES and federal legislation, testimony from IES leadership, perspectives of education stakeholders, and scholarly literature.
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Further, the field now has a more complete understanding of the way that education in the United States is a system, signifying that change needs to occur at multiple points in the system in order to bring about desired outcomes. Perhaps most importantly, the field now has decades of concrete evidence describing the undeniable role of structural inequality and systemic racism and discrimination in shaping educational experiences and outcomes of all kinds.
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In reality, mobilization of knowledge from research is a dynamic, multidirectional process that relies heavily on trusted relationships among researchers, practice partners, and individuals or organizations in knowledge broker roles. As a result, the committee is concerned that the current reliance on a model for knowledge use that expects post-facto decision making by practitioners otherwise divorced from the production of knowledge simply does not map onto the realities of knowledge use in public education.
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Such consideration would also be consistent with President Biden's Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity. To build a diverse and inclusive field that is well positioned to meet the most difficult challenges facing education in the United States, IES should be continuously vigilant about how its activities relate to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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The committee regards NCER and NCSER, under the auspices of IES, as well positioned to realize the vision laid out in ESRA: a federal agency squarely aimed at improving the experiences of students around the country. Building on the past accomplishments of IES, the committee offers this report as a series of recommendations to IES as a mechanism for continued improvement of its already good work.
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