Why Closing the Research–Practice Gap Is Critical to Closing Student Achievement Gaps

Improving High Schools as a Strategy for Closing California’s Achievement Gap

High schools play a critical role in preparing students for careers, college, and citizenship. Thus, disparities in educational outcomes from high school may contribute to longterm disparities in educational, economic, and social outcomes throughout adulthood. At the same time, reducing these disparities may play a critical role in reducing disparities in adult outcomes and improving the lives ...

From Knowing to Doing—From the Academy to Practice; Comment on “The Many Meanings of Evidence: Implications for the Translational Science Agenda in Healthcare”

In this commentary, the idea of closing the gap between knowing and doing through closing the gap between academics and practitioners is explored. The two communities approach to knowledge production and use, has predominated within healthcare, resulting in a separation between the worlds of research and practice, and, therefore, between its producers and users. Meaningful collaborations betwee...

Take on Issues and uses of Reflection and Reflective Practice in Nursing Education

Introduction: In the recent decades, reflection have been introduced as a valuable element in nursing education and a learning tool in improving nursing professional practice. The study of reflection and reflective practice topics and applications in nursing education facsilitates closing the gap between theory and practice and promoting critical thinking. The aim of this study was to evaluate ...

NSIDE Newsletter of the National Center for Research on Evaluation , Standards , and Student Testing Fall 2000 The CRESST Line Closing the Gap

Eva L. Baker CLOSING the gap” is a metaphor for equity. It suggests that achievement test differences among groups of students differing in first language, socioeconomic status, or cultural background will be reduced by the educational efforts of schools. Another metaphor, “leaving no child behind,” similarly signals the intention of the educational system to address the specific needs of each ...

Closing the Research/Practice Gap: The Journey from Student to Practitioner