 The Problem with Briefs, in BriefEducation Finance and Policy, 2013, vol. 8, issue 3, 287-299 Abstract: Policy briefs written by academics—the kind typically published in Education Finance and Policy—should be a crucial source of information for policy makers. Yet too frequently these briefs fail to garner the consideration they deserve. Their authors are too focused on the potential objections of their fellow academics, who are concerned with rigor and internal validity, instead of the objections of policy makers, who are concerned with generalizability, understandability, and utility. And researchers too often believe that simply publishing a brief is sufficient to communicate its results. By focusing briefs on topics on the policy agenda, helping policy makers see their constituents in the results, writing clearly, studying implementation and not just outcomes, weighing evidence and drawing conclusions, and reaching out to policy makers beyond publication, researchers have the greatest potential to see their work influence public policy. © 2013 Association for Education Finance and Policy Keywords: policy briefs; academic briefs; policy making; publications (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:tpr:edfpol:v:8:y:2013:i:3:p:287-299 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Education Finance and Policy is currently edited by Stephanie Riegg Cellini and Randall Reback More articles in Education Finance and Policy from MIT Press |
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