This book includes a set of rigorous and accessible studies on the topic of "research evidence" from a variety of levels and educational vantage points. It also provides the reader with thoughtful commentaries from leading thinkers in the field. The complex process of acquiring, interpreting, and using research evidence makes for a rich and under examined area in educational research, practice and policymaking. Policy makers, practitioners and scholars are in need of additional knowledge and practical steps in terms of the uptake of evidence into practice. In addition, sharpening understanding in terms of the ways in which research evidence is shaped or adapted at different educational levels (school, district, state, federal) as well the factors that support or constrain the acquisition and use of research evidence is of immediate use. Chapters include: (1) Beginning the Journey: Research Evidence from the Schoolhouse Door to Capitol Hill (Alan J. Daly and Kara S. Finnigan); (2) Introduction to Part: Research Use at the School and District Level (William R. Penuel and Cynthia E. Coburn); (3) The Critical Role of Brokers in the Access and Use of Evidence at the School and District Level (Alan J. Daly, Kara S. Finnigan, Nienke M. Moolenaar, and Jing Che); (4) Leaders' Use of Research for Fundamental Change in School District Central Offices: Processes and Challenges (Meredith I. Honig, Nitya Venkateswaran, Patricia McNeil, and Jenee Myers Twitchell); (5) The Research on Education, Deliberation, and Decision-Making (REDD) Project (Robert Asen and Deb Gurke); (6) The Intermediary Function in Evidence Production, Promotion, and Utilization: The Case of Educational Incentives (Janelle Scott, Christopher Lubienski, Elizabeth DeBray, and Huriya Jabbar); (7) Research Use in the Policy Process: New Information to Help Meet the Demand (Elliot H. Weinbaum); (8) How State Education Agencies Acquire and Use Research Knowledge for School Improvement (Carol A. Barnes, Margaret E. Goertz, and Diane Massell); (9) Research Evidence and the Common Core State Standards (Lorraine M. McDonnell and M. Stephen Weatherford); (10) Obama's Promise: Using Evidence to Fight the Nation's Social Problems (Ron Haskins and Greg Margolis); (11) Building the Infrastructure to Improve the Use and Usefulness of Research in Education (Vivian Tseng and Sandra Nutley); and (12) Conclusion: Using Research Evidence from the Schoolhouse Door to Capitol Hill (Kara S. Finnigan and Alan J. Daly).