<p dir="ltr">Internationally, there are widespread efforts to improve the use of research across many sectors, including education (e.g., Révai, 2022). </p><p dir="ltr">Alongside increasing investments in system initiatives and infrastructure intended to connect research and practice, important questions arise about two issues within the research use literature: firstly, a lack of work on ‘quality of use’ as distinct from quality of evidence; and secondly, a lack of research use models based on practitioner, as opposed to researcher, perspectives.</p><p dir="ltr">Paper abstract and presentation for the <a href="https://www.bera.ac.uk/conference/bera-conference-2023" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">British Educational Research Association (BERA) Annual Conference 2023</a>. Access the <a href="https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/#/event/3540/submission/332" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">abstract submission</a> document.</p>