AUTHOR=Farrell Caitlin C. , Penuel William R. , Arce-Trigatti Paula , Soland James , Singleton Corinne , Resnick Alison Fox , Stamatis Kristina , Riedy Robbin , Henrick Erin , Sexton Stacey , Wellberg Sarah , Schmidt Danny TITLE=Designing measures of complex collaborations with participatory, evidence-centered design JOURNAL=Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics VOLUME=9 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/research-metrics-and-analytics/articles/10.3389/frma.2024.1210547 DOI=10.3389/frma.2024.1210547 ISSN=2504-0537 ABSTRACT=

An increasingly popular form of collaboration involves forming partnerships among researchers, educators, and community members to improve or transform education systems through research inquiry. However, not all partnerships are successful. The field needs valid, reliable, and useful measures to help with assessing progress toward partnership goals. In this community case study, we present a participatory, mixed-methods approach for creating measures to assess the progress of education research-practice partnerships (RPPs). The case illustrates a novel approach to measurement design, driven by perspectives and feedback of over 300 members of 80 partnerships. As a result, the measures align with the values and practices of the very collaborations the measures were intended to assess.