June19 Minutes of Meeting
June 18 and 19, 1998
June 18, 1998
Location
Room 100
80 F St., NW
Washington, DC 20208-7564
Members Present
Kenji Hakuta, Chair
Patricia Ann Baltz
James E. Bottoms
Jomills Braddock II
John Bruer
Ann Clark
Robert Marley
Joyce Muhlestein
Alba Ortiz
Members Absent
Edmund Gordon
Sharon L. Kagan
Glenda Lappan
Claire Pelton
Ex Officio Members Present
C. Kent McGuire, Office of Educational Research and Improvement
James Herbert, National Endowment for the Humanities (delegate)
Bonnie Kalberer, National Institutes of Health (delegate)
Designated Federal Official
Thelma Leenhouts
Board Staff Present
Eve Bither
Mary Grace Lucier
OERI Staff Present
Ron Anson
Joseph Conaty
Cynthia Dorfman
Jim Fox
Gil Garcia
Peirce Hammond
Debra Hollinger Martinez
Carole Lacampagne
Barbara Lieb
Barbara Marenus
Ron Pedone
Marian Robinson
Mike Ross
Judith Segal
Ram Singh
Nevzer Stacy
Members of the Public Present
Emerson Elliott
Bill Morrill, MathTech
Mike Kane
Debby Leong-Childs, NAE
Ann Brown, NAE
Chairman Kenji Hakuta called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m. Designated Federal Official Thelma Leenhouts established the presence of a quorum. The Chair reviewed the agenda and welcomed to the meeting the new Assistant Secretary for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Kent McGuire, who made brief remarks.
Report of the Program Committee
Ann Clark, chair of the Program Committee, introduced Ann Brown, the co-principal investigator on the Board contract with the National Academy of Education, which will provide recommendations for research priorities to raise achievement levels for all students, with particular focus on three aspects of education: critical transitions, teacher professional development, and infrastructure. Dr. Brown discussed the composition of the panels examining these issues and their meeting schedule, opportunities for interaction, and the reporting process.
Report of the RD&D Committee
John Bruer, co-chair of the RD&D Committee, introduced Mr. William Morrill for a discussion of the topics, tone, theme and emphases in his draft report to the Board on shaping the future for educational research, development, and communications pursuant to his discussions with committee members on May 6. Topics pursued in the present discussion included the matching of resources with the mission of the agency, the concept of dissemination vis-à-vis that of utilization and communication of research findings, the role that data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) might play in enhancing priorities, and the role of the regional education labs.
Mr. Morrill indicated that he would prepare a subsequent draft, and Dr. Bruer stipulated that the committee should see the draft before it went out to the full Board.
Evaluation of Executive Director
Chairman Hakuta reviewed the procedure and form for the evaluation of the executive director for the period from July 1997 to June 1998. Ms. Muhlestein moved that the evaluation procedure should duplicate the procedure as carried out in the previous year: the members would forward the completed forms to the chair, who would summarize the findings and confer with the Executive Committee on the final evaluation, which would be discussed at the September meeting. Dr. Ortiz seconded the motion. The chair called for a vote, which passed without opposition.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
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