SLDS Guide: Developing a Process for Managing Research Requests

SLDS Guide: Developing a Process for Managing Research Requests
This guide offers information for SLDS teams and their partner agencies about establishing an appropriate process for making data available for education research. It describes how to implement a research request process based on best practices. Appendices include sample forms, letters, and documents that agencies can customize to set up a new research request process or to enhance an existing process. Microsoft Word versions of these templates also are available.

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