Bridging the Gap: Intermediary Roles Brokering Research Use in Education

• In Event: Roundtable Session 85

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Much of the empirical work that exists on research use in education focuses on research producing contexts and research using contexts with very few studies addressing the intermediary organizations and state level agencies that often facilitate research use processes. Studying intermediary organizations is important due to: 1) their rising number; 2) the significant roles they play interpreting, packaging and disseminating research for policymakers and practitioners; and 3) the underexplored role of these organizations and state level agencies, despite the growing recognition of their importance to research use processes. This session contributes to this dearth in the literature.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research Use

Chair

• Todd Twyman, Pacific University

Papers

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

• State Education Agency Searches for and Uses of Research Evidence - Ryan Fink, University of Pennsylvania; Elliot H. Weinbaum, U.S. Department of Education

• Research Mediation in Education: A Cross-Case Analysis of 44 Knowledge Mobilization Intermediaries Across Canada - Amanda Cooper, Queen's University