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Washington, DC 20208-7564
80 F St. NW, #100
Washington, DC 20208-7564
Friday, March 29, 2002
Members Attending:
Kenji Hakuta, Chair
Patricia Ann Baltz
James E. Bottoms
Jomills H. Braddock
Williamson M. Evers
Barbara R. Foorman
Paul D. Goren
Glenda Lappan
Robert W. Marley
Claire L. Pelton
Annemarie S. Palincsar
E. Lea Schelke
Members Absent:
Adela Acosta
Douglas W. Carnine
Alba A. Ortiz
Ex Officio Members Present:
Grover J. Whitehurst, Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Douglas Herbert, delegate, National Endowment for the Arts
Bruce Fuchs, delegate, National Institutes of Health (by teleconference)
Board Staff Present:
Rafael Valdivieso, Thelma Leenhouts
OERI Staff Present:
Valerie Reyna, Anne Sweet, Sue Klein, Naomi Karp, Cynthia Dorfman, Cheryl Kane, Maureen Treacy, Sheila McGarr, Ramona Fruja (intern), Ron Anson, Barbara Vespucci, Brenda Wolff, John Blake, Peirce Hammond, Greg Henschel, Kathy FitzGerald, Sandra Garcia, Delores Monroe, Joe Teresa, Shirley Steele, Sharon Horn
Designated Federal Official
Mary Grace Lucier
Members of the Public Present
Karen Studwell, American Psychological Association; Michael Feuer, Tina Winters and Lisa Towne, National Research Council; Rebecca Goodman and Lauren Fasig, Society for Research in Child Development; Denise McKeon, National Education Association; Rich Hershman, National Education Knowledge Industry Association; Gerald Sroufe, American Educational Research Association.
The chair, Kenji Hakuta, called the meeting to order at 9 a.m.
Information Items
OERI Assistant Secretary Russ Whitehurst gave an update on Congressional action on the reauthorization of the agency.
The Board had interactive briefings on four new OERI initiatives, upcoming competitions on: Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience, presented by Valerie Reyna; Preschool Curriculum, by Heidi Schweingruber; Reading Comprehension, by Anne Sweet; and the What Works Clearinghouse, by Nancy Loy. Mark Constas reported on the Interagency Education Research Initiative.
Dr. Gerald Sroufe, acting director of the American Educational Research Association, discussed the fellowships and research grant programs, including what are known as OERI fellowships, which are designed to build capacity in the field in the area of research, evaluation, and statistics.
With regard to the Board's own initiatives, Lisa Towne, senior program officer of the National Research Council (NRC), Center for Education, who is also the study director of the Committee on Scientific Principles in Education Research, presented to the Board a draft dissemination plan for the Committee's report, "Scientific Research in Education," and discussed the forums where the report had already been presented and discussed. The report is a product of the Board's ongoing contract with the NRC.
Board chairman Kenji Hakuta reported on various items of correspondence and meetings with legislative staff pertaining to the OERI reauthorization.
Executive director Ray Valdivieso reported on the changes and amendments to H.R. 3801, the National Education Sciences Act of 2002.
Action Items
The Board approved the minutes of its last meeting, February 1, 2002.
The Board approved sending a letter of commendation to the chairman, Richard J. Shavelson, and the members of the Committee for Scientific Principles for Education Research for the substance and timeliness of their report, "Scientific Research in Education."
The Board discussed the possibility of adding tasks to its contract with the National Research Council and agreed to hold a conference call to put together a statement of work that would advance and apply the principles laid out in its report, "Scientific Research in Education." The meeting adjourned at 3 p.m.
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