Research and Education Reform Roles for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (1992) / Chapter Skim
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The current goal for school reform is the most ambitious in the history of the country: it aims to provide virtually all students with in-depth understanding of subject matter and strong problemsolving skills. Although there is considerable enthusiasm for these ambitions, it is important to note that the country has a long history of launching education reforms that are soon abandoned.
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One example is basic research in cognitive science, conducted by scholars in psychology, linguistics, sociology, and neuroscience, some at OERI's centers and laboratories. It has dramatically expanded understanding of how people learn and apply their knowledge and skills.
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The funding declines for OERI and NIE do not appear to have been offset by funding increases from other federal agencies or other sources. I 1973 the entire federal government spent $1.1 billion (in 1990 constant dollars)
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A Reform Assistance Directorate should be established to coordinate reform assistance efforts, including the work of the laboratories, the Program Effectiveness Panel and the National Diffusion Network, the FIRST office programs supporting local school-based reforms, and a new electronic network linking persons concerned about research and education; · The electronic network should incorporate an enhanced Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) ; · The National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)
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A-2 OERI should support a balanced portfolio of activities: basic research, applied research, statistics, development, evaluation, dissemination, and technical assistance; field-initiated and institutionally based R&D; and long-term sustained efforts and responses to newly identified needs and opportunities. To do so, OERI must substantially expand support for basic research, field-initiated research, and sustained R&D activities.
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B-2 Each of OERI's R&D directorates should allocate substantial resources to support field-initiated research for both basic and applied work. Each R&D directorate should support national R&D centers for pursuing coherent and sustained programs of basic research, applied research, and development.
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programs that support local school-based reforms should be administered by the Reform Assistance Directorate, should be modified to require utilization of research in development of the improvements, should involve teachers and principals in the development process, and should provide sustained support for these efforts. B-7 The Reform Assistance Directorate should foster development of a national electronic network that allows all concerned with education to access research and exemplary practice information.
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C-3 OERI's contract and grant application review process should provide an appropriate balance between expertise in research and in practice for all proposals, with technical research merit judged by research experts and programmatic relevance judged by program experts. C-4 OERI should implement a consensus development process involving distinguished experts to review and report on the quality and implications of potentially important bodies of research and evaluations that appear to have unclear or conflicting results.
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