Scientific Evidence in Education: A Report Card on Policy & Practice
A public policy forum presented by: The National Academies National Education Knowledge Industry Association Progressive Policy Institute
Thursday, March 11, 2004 The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Conference Center The George Washington University -- Cloyd Heck Marvin Center 800 21st Street, N.W., Suite 305 Washington, D.C.
Research and scientific evidence should play a central role in guiding change in education policy, programs and practice. However, scientific research in education has long been the subject of intense debate. As the country enters a new era of education reform with the No Child Left Behind Act and the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the issues surrounding scientific evidence in education have become all the more significant.
To bring greater attention to these issues, the National Education Knowledge Industry Association, the Progressive Policy Institute, and the National Academy of Sciences will co-host an all-day policy forum on research in education on March 11, 2004. Building on the success of a March 2002 event hosted by NEKIA, PPI, and the Education Quality Institute, this year's forum will provide an opportunity for educators and policy leaders to review how research-based knowledge can be translated into classroom practice. It will examine the concept of evidence-based education, assess efforts over the past two years to transform education into an evidence-based field, and look at future challenges.
Space is limited! Click here to register online. Or, e-mail your full name, title, organization and contact information to: education@dlcppi.org . Registrations without complete information will not be accepted.
Moderator: Andrew J. Rotherham, director, 21st Century Schools Project, Progressive Policy Institute
· Grover J. (Russ) Whitehurst, director, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
· Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education
· Lisa Towne, senior program officer, National Research Council
· Wes Hoover, president, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory
· John F. (Jack) Jennings, director, Center on Education Policy
Moderator: Jim Kohlmoos, president, National Education Knowledge Industry Association
· Jane Oates, Professional staff, U.S. Senate
· Bob Sweet, Professional staff, U.S. House of Representatives
· Thomas D. Watkins, superintendent of public instruction, Michigan Department of Education
· Ted Sanders, president, Education Commission of the States
Moderator: Martin Orland, director, Center for Education, the National Academies
· Joe Marinelli, district superintendent, Wayne/Finger Lakes BOCES
· Dennis Doyle, founder, SchoolNet
· Hailly Korman, teacher, Los Angeles Public Schools
Moderator:Richard Colvin, director, Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media
· Jay Mathews, The Washington Post
· Diana Jean Schemo, The New York Times
· Fredreka Schouten, Gannett News Service
The forum is made possible through the generous support of the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, Standard & Poor's School Evaluation Services, and Washington Partners.