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Analyzing Congressional Research Service Reports on Education: How is Information Used at Congress’s Think Tank?

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Paul G. Rubin, University of Utah; Jennifer B. Ayscue, North Carolina State University; Elizabeth M. Uzzell, North Carolina State University

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Name File Type Size Last Modified
Allocation of Funds Under Title I-A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.pdf application/pdf 1.3 MB 06/05/2022 09:56:AM
An Overview of Accreditation of Higher Education in the United States.pdf application/pdf 1.1 MB 06/05/2022 09:35:AM
Analysis of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-A Allocation Formulas- Factors, Design Elements, and Allocation Patterns.pdf application/pdf 1.7 MB 06/05/2022 09:42:AM
Bankruptcy and Student Loans.pdf application/pdf 1.3 MB 06/05/2022 09:35:AM
Basic Concepts and Technical Considerations in Educational Assessment- A Primer.pdf application/pdf 1.2 MB 06/05/2022 09:38:AM
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (P.L. 115-123)- CHIP, Public Health, Home Visiting, and Medicaid Provisions in Division E.pdf application/pdf 1.3 MB 06/05/2022 09:35:AM
Campus-Based Student Financial Aid Programs Under the Higher Education Act.pdf application/pdf 1.2 MB 06/05/2022 09:44:AM
Child and Dependent Care Tax Benefits- How They Work and Who Receives Them.pdf application/pdf 1.2 MB 06/05/2022 09:43:AM
Coding Analysis.docx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document 15.8 KB 06/05/2022 10:34:AM
Domestic Food Assistance- Summary of Programs.pdf application/pdf 1.1 MB 06/05/2022 09:44:AM
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Project Citation: 

Rubin, Paul G., Ayscue, Jennifer B., and Uzzell, Elizabeth M. Analyzing Congressional Research Service Reports on Education: How is Information Used at Congress’s Think Tank? Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-06-09. https://doi.org/10.3886/E171961V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is the nonpartisan research and analytical arm of the U.S. Congress, and is physically and structurally located within the Library of Congress. Despite serving as a critical information provider and technical assistant to actors crafting and implementing federal policy, CRS reports, which serve as a key mechanism of information dissemination and influence by the organization, only became widely available to the public following the adoption of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018. This study uses content analysis to examine CRS’s education-related reports from the 115th Congress to explore what sources are directly and indirectly informing federal policymaking via CRS reports. Findings offer insights into the research utilization process in the federal education policy process and contribute to the growing literature on intermediary organizations and knowledge brokering.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Education Policy; Research Utilization; Qualitative Research; Congressional Research Service; Intermediary Organization; Congress; Policy; Content Analysis
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/3/2017 – 1/3/2019 (115th United States Congress)
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 3/2019 – 3/2019
Universe:  View help for Universe Publicly available Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports from the 115th Congress indexed by CRS as related to "education."
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) text
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Data collection was conducted manually and required downloading each individual file from the Congressional Research Service reports website (https://crsreports.congress.gov). 

Methodology

Sampling:  View help for Sampling The Congressional Research Service released 1,842 reports during the 115th U.S. Congress that were publicly available through their website at the time of data collection in March 2019. 55 of these reports (2.98%) were indexed by CRS as related to “education” and were included in this study. Note: since the time of data collection, CRS has updated or archived several reports examined for this study and currently indexes fewer reports related to “education” for the 115th U.S. Congress.
Data Source:  View help for Data Source Congressional Research Service reports were retrieved from https://crsreports.congress.gov/. 
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) other
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Citation Sources in Congressional Research Service Reports

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