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

Building Knowledge for a Nation of Learners: A Framework for Education Research - 1997

Acknowledgments

We wish to express our gratitude to the many individuals and organizations who have helped to make this report possible. We are especially grateful to all of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) staff who have worked so hard on this activity. Several OERI staff played particularly important roles in the preparation of this report--Cynthia Dorfman, Debra Hollinger, Jacqueline Jenkins, David Mack, Paulette Lee, and Marian Robinson. We thank them for their special efforts.

We are indebted to the staff of the Office of the Assistant Secretary, to the staff of OERI's Media and Information Services for their expertise in editing and designing this report, and to the staff and Directors of the National Research Institutes Joseph Conaty, Edward Fuentes, Deborah Inman, Naomi Karp, and Carole Lacampagne. We also wish to thank Eve Bither, Executive Director of the National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board, for the important role she played in the development of the priorities. Rima Shore served as principal writer in the preparation of the document. Madeleine Grumet, Dean of the School of Education, Brooklyn College; Paul Hill, Graduate School of Public Affairs, University of Washington; and Edgar Epps, Professor, University of Chicago, served as consultants.

We are grateful to the other program offices in the U.S. Department of Education who also have been part of this effort Office of the Deputy Secretary; Office of the Under Secretary; Office of Educational Technology; Office of the General Counsel; Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Office of Vocational and Adult Education; Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs; Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Office of Planning and Evaluation; and Office for Civil Rights.

In addition, other Federal agencies commented on or contributed to this or earlier versions of this document: U.S. Department of Agriculture; U.S. Department of Commerce; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Administration for Children and Families, Public Health Service, National Institute of Health, Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, and National Institute on Drug Abuse; Office of Management and Budget; National Science Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; and National Science and Technology Council.
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