A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Minutes of Quarterly Meeting

September 16, 1999

Location

80 F St. NW, Room 100

Washington, DC 20208-7564

Members Present

Kenji Hakuta, Chair

James E. Bottoms

Sharon Lynn Kagan (by teleconference)

Glenda Lappan

Robert Marley

Joyce Muhlestein

Alba Ortiz

Claire Pelton

E. Lea Schelke (by teleconference)

Members Absent

Patricia Ann Baltz

Jomills Braddock

John Bruer

Ann B. Clark

Edmund Gordon

Paul Goren

Ex Officio Members Present

C. Kent McGuire, OERI

Eric Hamilton, NSF (delegate)

Douglas Herbert, NEA (delegate)

Bonnie Kalberer, NIH (delegate)

Bruce Fuchs, NIH (delegate)

Designated Federal Official

Thelma Leenhouts

Board Staff Present

Eve M. Bither

Mary Grace Lucier

OERI Staff Present

Ron Anson, Sue Betka, Dan Berch, Stephanie Dalton, Elizabeth Demarest, Jim Fox, Gil Garcia, Peirce Hammond, Harold Himmelfarb, Cheryl Kane, Naomi Karp, Sue Klein, Carole Lacampagne, Oliver Moles, Ivor Pritchard, Judith Segal, Nevzer Stacy, David Sweet, Joe Teresa

Members of the Public Present

Emerson Elliott, Tom Glennan

Chairman Hakuta called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. He introduced the new delegate ex officio from the National Science Foundation, Eric Hamilton, acting division director for research, evaluation, and communication in the Directorate for Human Resources and Education.

Report of the Assistant Secretary

Assistant Secretary McGuire outlined the activities and accomplishments of the agency in the fourth quarter, and announced personnel changes and additions in the Office of the Assistant Secretary: two new research associates, one senior research associate, and a presidential management intern. Ron Cartwright will assume the duties of a deputy for management and operations, and Marty Orland will be a special assistant for research coordination and management. He reviewed the proposed National Education Research Act, legislation which would create a National Institute of Education Research, a successor organization to the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, and invited the Board's comments and reactions.

Report of the Chair

Dr. Hakuta reviewed the July 15-16 conference on Improving the Education of English Language Learners: Best Practices, which was sponsored by the Board, along with OERI and the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA). He also briefed the members on a site visit undertaken with Ed Gordon and Lea Schelke and the Board staff to the Laboratory for Student Success, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, located at Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education, in Philadelphia, on August 23.

He announced the composition of the Board committees for 1999-2000:

Executive Committee

Kenji Hakuta, Chair

Alba Ortiz, Vice Chair

Jomills Braddock

Ed Gordon

Claire Pelton

Program Committee

Ann Clark and Paul Goren, Co-chairs

Ed Gordon

Gene Bottoms

Patricia Ann Baltz

Alba Ortiz

Claire Pelton

RD&D Committee

Lynn Kagan and John Bruer, Co-chairs

Jomills Braddock

Robert Marley

Claire Pelton

Ed Gordon

Joyce Muhlestein

Lea Schelke

Peer Review and Standards Committee

Glenda Lappan and Alba Ortiz, Co-chairs

Robert Marley

Kenji Hakuta

Joyce Muhlestein.

He reminded the Board of the meeting dates for FY 2000:

January 20 and 21

March 16 and 17

June 15 and 16.

The proposed September 21 and 22 date proved problematical, and may be moved to September 28 and 29.

Report of the Executive Director

Ms. Bither mentioned preliminary contacts for a conference on the academic achievement of students in middle schools in the spring of 2000; presented the quarterly budget; and indicated that she would be participating in meetings with the Department of Defense and with the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. She distributed a draft report on the English Language Learners conference, and asked for the Board?s comments and suggestions.

Action Items

1. The Board approved the minutes of its meeting on June 17-18, 1999.
2. The Board approved the recommendation of the Executive Committee to provide a cash award to the executive director, based on her annual performance evaluation.
3. The Board approved a proposed task order contract with MPR Associates/Mathtech which would examine OERI?s practices in conducting expert panels and conduct a retrospective review of the implementation of the standards by the expert panel on mathematics and science education. (Dr. Bottoms recused himself from this vote).

Discussion Items

1. The Assistant Secretary and staff monitors (David Sweet on the Center for Research and Evaluation on Standards and Student Testing; Donna Hinkle on the National Center for Early Development and Learning; Wanda Chambers on the National Center on Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science) reported on the interim evaluation of the National Education Research and Development Centers.
2. Dan Berch reported on the conduct of peer review in FY 99 research competitions (Field-Initiated Studies, Interagency Education Research Initiative, Broad Agency Announcement-Comprehensive School Reform) in light of the Board?s recommendations for improving peer review and on the lessons learned specific to these competitions.

The open portion of the meeting concluded at 2:25 p.m.

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