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The National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board

The National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board (NERPPB) is authorized by the Educational Research, Development, Dissemination, and Improvement Act of 1994. The Board works 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.

One of the chief responsibilities of the Board is to review and approve standards for the conduct and evaluation of all research, development, and dissemination carried out under the auspices of OERI. The standards were developed in three phases: Evaluation of Applications for Grants and Cooperative Agreements and Proposals for Contracts (Phase I); Designation of Exemplary and Promising Programs (Phase II); and Evaluation of the Performance of Recipients of Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts (Phase III). Phase I standards, which apply to the evaluation of applications for grants and cooperative agreements and proposals for contracts, were approved by the Board and went into effect on October 16, 1995.

After the Phase I standards had been employed in various competitions in fiscal years 1996 and 1997, the Board commissioned a study of how well they had functioned, since another responsibility of the Board is to review, evaluate, and publicly comment on the implementation of its policies by the U.S. Department of Education.

The present study was undertaken by August and Associates, a sub-contractor of the Pelavin Research Center, and was prepared under the auspices of a distinguished panel of experts: Christopher T. Cross, Carl F. Kaestle, Sharon Lewis, Penelope Peterson, and Judith Sunley.

Appointed Members

Kenji Hakuta, Chair
School of Education
Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Patricia Ann Baltz
Teacher
Camino Grove Elementary School
Arcadia, CA

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

Jomills H. Braddock
Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Miami
Miami, FL

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
Yale University
New Haven, CT

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

Robert W. Marley
Department of Health and Physical Education
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS

Joyce Muhlestein
Utah Family Information and Resource Center
Salt Lake City, UT

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

Claire L. Pelton
Director of Academic Services
Western Regional 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,
     U.S. Department of Education
Director, Office of Indian Education Programs, U.S. Department of Interior
Director of Research, U.S. Department of Defense
Director of Research and Demonstration, U.S. Department of Labor
Librarian, Library of Congress
Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities
Director, National Institutes of Health
Director, National Science Foundation

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