CERI-OECD

Centre for Educational Research and Innovation ( Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

Within the broad domain of CERI studies on research, innovation and knowledge management, a new research focus emerged in 2003. It built on recommendations by the CERI Governing Board, which stressed that evidence-based policy research is a vital complement to other practical and innovative processes in teaching and learning and should not be neglected by policy makers as a source of innovation.
The project is centred on a series of workshops which bring together key players in research and policy to exchange experiences and practices. The workshops will review the main aspects of evidence-based policy research – methods, costs, and capacity - discuss what constitutes evidence for research in education, how that evidence can best be utilized, and possible solutions to challenges observed by participating countries.