Kevin G. Welner’s research while affiliated with University of Colorado Boulder and other places

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Figure 1. Example of indicators and dimensions that overlap. 
Measuring opportunity: Redirecting education policy through research
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June 2018

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Ryan H. Pfleger

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Kevin G. Welner

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Charles Bibilos

While scholars develop research with clear implications for policy and practice, this work has been largely ineffective in influencing thought beyond the academy. In this article, we explore challenges researchers face in designing public scholarship to influence policy. To illustrate, we profile one such effort, the “Opportunity to Learn Index,” a national project designed to compare opportunities to learn in all 50 states, and we detail challenges related to method, analysis and presentation. This type of effort, we conclude, asks researchers to embrace unique challenges and the inescapably political nature of the knowledge enterprise, especially when engaging with non-researcher audiences.

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... Achievement measurement is important for progress (Pfleger, Wilson, Welner & Bibilos, 2018), but when quantitative measures become a goal, the outcome could be destructive. Apparently, science does not learn from the mistakes of others, and not even from its own research. ...

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Academic Rank and Position Effect on Academic Research Output – A Case Study of Ariel University
Measuring opportunity: Redirecting education policy through research

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