Awards


Outstanding Short Policy Report Award

Purpose: The Outstanding Policy Report Award recognizes an outstanding policy report that contributes to education research and/or policy through its analysis, evaluation, and/or critique of education policy. The Award alternates between a long and short report. In 2025, AERA Division L will be awarding a short policy report award.

Eligibility/Selection: In 2025, the award will be given to a short policy report (less than 35 pages in length) that best reflects the following selection criteria:

  1. Quality: Reflects highest standards of research quality and excellence appropriate to the methods and methodology used.
  2. Relevance: Analyzes, evaluates, and/or critiques a timely and relevant education policy or policy issue.
  3. Impact: Demonstrates evidence that the report has been used by policymakers, influenced a public or policy debate, and/or advanced a research field.

To be eligible, the report must have been published/released after November 1, 2022, and at least one author must be a Division L member. Eligible policy reports may be published in print or on-line, in electronic journals, newsletters, blog posts, and other media. All submissions will be evaluated under the same selection criteria (research quality, relevance, and impact).

Nomination Process: Nominations must be submitted by the report author, user, or other reader of the work, and must include the following:

  • A nomination letter from a Division L member which, among other things, includes evidence of the report's impact (this could be media coverage, a quote or statement of support from a practice or policy partner saying how they used the piece, testimony to a government body, etc.).
  • A PDF version of the report.

Submission: Submit nominations to the chair, Dr. Terrenda White, by November 15, 2024.