The Emerging Role of Intermediary Organizations in Educational Policy, Research Utilization, and Production

• In Event: Roundtable Session 85
  In Roundtable Session: Bridging the Gap: Intermediary Roles Brokering Research Use in Education

Abstract

Two factors are transforming education policymaking in the U.S. First, the federal government has expanded its role in education over the last decade around particular reform agendas, while foundations and philanthropies have championed some of the same reforms by funding pilot programs, expansion efforts and research in support of these policies. Secondly, philanthropic and public policymakers demand evidence of the effectiveness of educational interventions. These dynamics have invigorated an already vibrant sector of intermediary organizations that seek to package and promote research on education policies and programs for policymakers, typically around a specific policy agenda. This paper examines what is currently known about how these intermediary organizations shape research and its use through their efforts at funding, interpreting, and dissemination.

Authors

• Janelle T. Scott, University of California - Berkeley

• Christopher A. Lubienski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Elizabeth H. DeBray, University of Georgia

• David Goldie, University of Georgia

• Huriya Jabbar, University of California - Berkeley

• Matthew Allen Linick, University of Illinois