Best Practice

Reviewing and developing in-school research projects

Action research
Research-based practice is a growing phenomenon in schools. Dorothy Lepkowska asks three schools how they are using a new free tool to review and develop their in-school research programmes

What better way can there be for teachers to gather their own evidence-base – not just to inform their own classroom methods, but as a buffer for political interference in the classroom?

But how do you know the research is effective and useful, or even whether it will contribute to a school’s overall improvement plan?

The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) has developed a free Self-Review Tool to help schools understand what is involved when engaging in research.

The tool, which is available free online, allows teachers to review their school’s engagement against eight key statements, enabling them to audit where they are as a research school. 

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