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Attaining Excellence: A Handbook on the Standards for the Conduct and Evaluation of Research Carried Out by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement - April 1999

National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board

The National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board (NERPPB) is authorized by the Educational Research, and Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994. The Board was established to work collaboratively with the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) to forge a national consensus with respect to a long-term agenda for educational research, development, dissemination, and the activities of the Office. The Board regularly reviewed, evaluates, and publicly comments upon the implementation of its policies by the U.S. Department of Education and the Congress.

The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education appoints members of the Board. They represent the research community, school-based professional educators, and individuals who are knowledgeable about the educational needs of the United States.

Appointed Members

Dr. Kenji Hakuta
Professor
School of Education
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Ms. Patricia Ann Baltz
Teacher
Camino Grove Elementary School
Arcadia, CA

Dr. James E. Bottoms
Senior Vice President
Southern Regional Education Board
Atlanta, GA

Dr. Jomills H. Braddock II
Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Dr. John T. Bruer
President
James S. McDonnell Foundation
St. Louis, MO

Ann B. Clark
Principal
Vance High School at Governors' Village
Charlotte, NC

Edmund W. Gordon
Professor Emeritus
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Paul D. Goren
Director, Child and Youth Development
Program on Human and Community Development
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Chicago, IL

Sharon L. Kagan
Senior Associate
Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy
New Haven, CT

Glenda T. Lappan
Professor
Department of Mathematics
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Robert W. Marley
College of Education
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS

Joyce A. Muhlestein
Project Director
Utah Parent Information Resource Center
Salt Lake City, UT

Alba A. Ortiz
Professor
College of Education
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX

Claire L. Pelton
Director, Academic Services/Western Office
The College Board
San Jose, CA

E. Lea Schelke
Teacher
Trenton High School
Trenton, MI

Ex Officio Members

Assistant Secretary, Office of Educational Research and Improvement
Director of Research, Department of Defense
Director of Research, Department of Labor
Director, National Science Foundation
Director, National Institutes of Health
Chair, National Endowment for the Arts
Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities
Librarian of Congress
Director, Office of Indian Education Programs, Department of Interior
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