ABSTRACT

This article conceptualises the relationship between exam board insider research and the policy-making context in which they operate. Exam board researchers are constrained by commercial and political interests in disclosing their knowledge. and face pressures in disseminating research, butalso find themselves working in contexts where calls to ‘evidence-based policy-making’ are ubiquitous. This can deprofessionalise and disenfranchise the researcher.. This article will depict the context faced by exam board researchers attempting to influence policy before portraying possible responses, evaluating how these can be applied to exam board research, with reference to research on standard-setting. The article will build on a conceptualisation of successful exam board insider research as the creation of Habermasian ‘communicative spaces’, applying lessons from research–policy interface literature to that conceptualisation. Inapplying those lessons, the article will suggest possible solutions to the problems faced by that group in their attempts to influence policymakers.

摘要

本文概念化了考试委员会内部人员研究与其运作的政策制定环境之间的关系。考试委员会的研究人员在披露其知识时受到商业和政治利益的束缚。面临着传播研究的压力，但也发现自己在普遍呼吁“基于证据的政策制定”的环境中工作。这可能会使研究人员失去专业资格，也可能剥夺研究人员的权利。本文将描述考试板研究人员在描述可能的对策之前试图影响政策的背景，评估如何将其应用于考试板研究，并参考标准制定研究。本文将基于成功的考试委员会内部人研究的概念化，作为哈贝马斯语“交流空间”的创造，将研究与政策互动文献中的教训应用于该概念化。在应用这些经验教训时，本文将为该团体试图影响决策者的问题提出可能的解决方案。