• Contact Us

    Emma Prillaman

    eprillaman@educationweek.org

  • Where

    Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel 
    Phoenix, AZ

  • When

    Wednesday – Friday

    October 25-27, 2023

Katherine “Kathy” Hayes

Director of the Strategic Data and Evaluation Branch | Los Angeles Unified School District (CA)

Katherine (Kathy) Hayes has worked for LAUSD since 2000, focusing on evaluating English Learner and ECE programs and directing staff who studied: special education, BIPOC student experience and achievement, parent education, and quality of instruction. Over the past 12 years, she has contributed to the School Experience Survey and assumed control of the Committee for External Research Review (CERR). CERR is the gatekeeper for all external research conducted in LAUSD. It works with university professors, graduate students, for profit and nonprofit research entities, curriculum and test developers, etc. Dr. Hayes has taught research methods classes at universities throughout LA County. She currently serves on the steering committee of the National Network for Educational Practice Partnerships (NNERPP). NNERPP supports partnerships between educational agencies and research institutions to improve the relationship between policy, research and practice. In addition, she was recently named by the US Department of Education to serve as a Regional Advisory Committee member for the Comprehensive Center Program for the West RAC.

All Sessions by Katherine “Kathy” Hayes

  • Day 1 - Oct. 25

    Wednesday

  • 4:10  - 5:05
    Many school district officials say they want research-based or evidence-based products for their school systems. But what do they mean by research and evidence? For education companies, knowing how to go about arranging a research study for a product can seem overwhelming. In this interactive session, academic researchers who help education companies arrange research studies on their products draw from their experience to explain what kinds of evidence districts look for, and the array of options companies have for building a research base that works for them. The presenters will also talk about the costly and time-consuming missteps companies need to avoid. The researchers will be joined by a K-12 district administrator with a lead role on product evaluation who talks about the evidence districts look for before committing to purchases. This session will be interactive and feature extensive Q-and-A, in which companies in the audience can pose practical questions that have stumped them when they’re thinking about how to build an evidence base and what sort of research they’re ready for.
    Learn and Reflect




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