[Federal Register: June 6, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 110)]
[Notices]
[Page 28858]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Research Priorities Plan; Invitation for Public Comment and
Notice of Availability of the Proposed Research Priorities Plan:
``Building on What We've Learned: Developing Priorities for Education
Research''
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and
Improvement is developing a research priorities plan which shall
recommend priorities for the investment of the resources of the Office
of Educational Research and Improvement over the next five-, ten-, and
fifteen-year periods. The development of this plan is required by the
Office of Educational Research and Improvement's authorizing
legislation, the ``Educational Research, Development, Dissemination,
and Improvement Act of 1994.'' In accordance with 20 U.S.C.
6011(f)(2)(B), the Assistant Secretary has issued a proposed research
priorities plan and seeks public comment on the content of the proposed
plan.
DATES: All comments concerning this proposed plan must be received on
or before August 5, 1996.
ADDRESSES: All comments concerning this proposed plan should be
addressed to Judith I. Anderson, U.S. Department of Education, Office
of Educational Research and Improvement, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW.,
Room 510, Washington, DC 20208-5573. Comments may also be sent through
Internet to (Judith__Anderson@ed.gov).
TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THIS PROPOSED PLAN AND FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT: Tammra Gill. Telephone (202) 219-1556. Internet electronic
mail address (research__plan@inet.ed.gov). Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 31, 1994, President Clinton signed Public Law 103-227,
which includes Title IX--the ``Educational Research, Development,
Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994'' (the ``Act'') (20 U.S.C.
6001 et seq.). The Act restructured the Office of Educational Research
and Improvement (OERI) and endowed it with a broad mandate to conduct
an array of research, development, dissemination, and improvement
activities aimed at strengthening the education of all students. The
Act established the following five national research institutes within
OERI:
(1) The National Institute on Student Achievement, Curriculum, and
Assessment;
(2) The National Institute on the Education of At-Risk Students;
(3) The National Institute on Educational Governance, Finance,
Policymaking, and Management;
(4) The National Institute on Early Childhood Development and
Education; and
(5) The National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries,
and Lifelong Learning.
The Act authorized the Assistant Secretary to conduct research,
development, demonstration, and evaluation activities to carry out the
purposes for which these Institutes were established.
The Act also required the establishment of a National Educational
Research Policy and Priorities Board (the ``Board'') to work
collaboratively with the Assistant Secretary to identify priorities to
guide the work of OERI.
Statutory Requirements
The legislation directed the Assistant Secretary to work
collaboratively with the Board to develop a research priorities plan
that will recommend priorities for the investment of resources over the
next five-, ten-, and fifteen-year periods, including as priorities
those areas of inquiry in which further research, development and
dissemination--
(a) is necessary to attain the National Education Goals;
(b) promises to yield the greatest practical benefits to teachers
and other educators in terms of improving education; and
(c) will not be undertaken in sufficient scope or intensity by the
other Federal and non-Federal entities engaged in Education research
and development.
Invitation To Comment
Interested persons are invited to submit comments including
suggestions on how to strengthen this document. The Department is
especially interested in hearing what commenters believe to be the most
important and promising educational research opportunities for the next
five, ten and fifteen years.
All comments submitted in response to this proposed plan will be
available for public inspection, during and after the comment period,
in Room 510, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, between the
hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday of each week
except Federal holidays.
Dated: May 30, 1996.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number does not apply)
Sharon P. Robinson,
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
[FR Doc. 96-14164 Filed 6-5-96; 8:45 am]
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