Brokering Inequity: Knowledge Distribution as Policy Limitation

• In Event: Moscone Center North Roundtable Session 6
  In Roundtable Session: Research to Practice: An Evidence Perspective

Abstract

This study explores the mechanisms through which intermediary organizations (IOs) shaped knowledge use during the development of states’ equitable access plans. Employing the conceptual framework of Campbell and Petersen’s “knowledge regimes,” (2011) this study uses methods of critical policy analysis to explore the organizational and operational machinery promoting research to state education agencies. Findings describe the degree of overlap between references listed in State’s Equitable Access Plans and references promoted by federally-funding IOs. Findings support the role of federally funded IOs in advancing policy ideas in line with human capital management and talent development over other reforms like improving the conditions in which teachers work or emphasizing teacher professionalism and autonomy in the contested field of teacher quality.

Author

• Jesslyn Hollar