Carrie Conaway, chief research and strategy officer for the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, discusses her article on state-level research needs and provides tips for both researchers and policy makers hoping for more effective collaboration.

The article, titled “What Research Do State Education Agencies Really Need? The Promise and Limitations of State Longitudinal Data Systems” and co-authored by Venessa Keesler (Michigan) and Nathaniel Schwartz (Tennessee), was published in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

Featured research: Carrie Conaway, Venessa Keesler & Nathaniel Schwartz. What Research Do State Education Agencies Really Need? The Promise and Limitations of State Longitudinal Data Systems. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis May 2015, Vol. 37, No. 1S, pp. 16S–28S