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The National Academies
Center for Education
Subcommittee on Research in Education
Draft Agenda
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Lecture Room
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Welcome & Goals for Meeting
Lauress (Laurie) Wise, Chair
Michael Feuer, Executive Director, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
9:00 a.m. Introductions – Committee Members
Lauress (Laurie) Wise, Chair
Lisa Towne, Study Director
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Sponsors’ Welcome
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Rafael (Ray) Valdivieso, Executive Director
National Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board (NERPPB)
U.S. DoEd Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)
11:00 a.m. Policy Perspectives on Education Research Issues:
Discussion with Legislative & Administration Officials
Jane Oates, U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA)
12:00 p.m. Lunch & Presentations:
Related Federal Efforts to Improve Education Research & Its Utilization
Ø Strategic Education Research Program
Ø What Works Clearinghouse
Robert (Bob) Boruch, University of Pennsylvania
Rebecca (Becki) Herman, American Institutes for Research
1:30 p.m. Discussion of Potential Sources of Bias and Conflict of Interest
Eugenia (Genie) Grohman, National Research Council
2:30 p.m. Workshop Topic 1: Peer Review in Federal Education Research Agencies
Overview & Initial Workplan
Discussion Leader: Jack Fletcher
3:15 p.m. Break
3:30 a.m. Workshop Topic 2: Common Tools in Education Research
Discussion Leader: Robert (Bob) Floden
5:00 p.m. Adjourn for Day
8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Workshop Topic 3: Revisiting the Profession of Education Research
Overview & Initial Workplan
Discussion Leader: James (Jim) Anderson
9:30 p.m. Workshop Topic 4: Random Assignment Experimentation in Education
Overview & Initial Workplan
Discussion Leader: Kay Dickersin
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Workshop Topic 5: Education Journal Standards
Overview & Initial Workplan
Discussion Leader: Barbara Schneider
Kirsten Sampson Snyder, National Research Council
1:00 p.m. Committee Session – Closed to the General Public
4:00 p.m. Adjourn 
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