Committee for External Research Review (CERR)

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LAUSD Research Guidelines

Submitting Research Proposals

Online Research Submission Form (Available during submission window)

Publications / Reports (coming soon)

  • The Committee for External Research Review (CERR) reviews, approves, and monitors all research conducted in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). If you are looking to conduct research inside LAUSD schools or plan on contacting anyone associated with the District (administrators, teachers, parents, students) as part of your research study or evaluation, you must submit a proposal to CERR for review and approval. If your research study or evaluation requires individual-level data (e.g., student or staff), you will be also required to submit a Data Use Agreement for review and approval. If you only need school- or district-level data, you will find a wide array of publicly-available information regarding the work of LAUSD and its impact on students, teachers, principals and parents in the LAUSD Open Data Portal: http://opendata.lausd.net 

    Please be aware that the proposal and approval process can take several months to complete so CERR strongly encourages researchers to plan accordingly.

    If you have any questions about CERR or the research proposal submission process, please send an email to kathy.hayes@lausd.net or call (213) 241-5153.

Announcements

  • For 2019-2020, CERR will only accept research proposals during the following windows:

    • October 2019
    • April 2020

    Once your proposal has been approved

    • If you are planning to visit schools to collect data, you will be required to complete the applicable "volunteer program" form(s) listed here (see BUL-6746.2 for details).
    • If you need data not currently available in the LAUSD Open Data Portal, you will be required to complete a Data Use Agreement, which will be sent to you soon after your research proposal is approved by CERR.

    Completed Research Project Requirements

    • All researchers are required to submit their findings to CERR, in a practitioner-friendly format, such as: infographic, presentation slides, or summary of findings.
    • If you identify the District in your research, CERR requires up to 30 days to review any relevant documents to ensure privacy rights are not violated and interests of the District are not jeopardized.

     
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