National Research Council Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Center for Education Committee on Research in Education WORKSHOP AGENDA Peer Review of Education Research Grant Applications Implications, Considerations, and Future Directions February 25-26, 2003 The National Academies 500 Fifth Street, NW Room 100 Washington, DC NOTE: This is an unedited verbatim transcript of the Workshop on Peer Review of Education Research Grant Applications: Implications, Considerations, and Future Directions prepared by CASET Associates and is not an official report of National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, or National Research Council (collectively “National Academies”). Opinions and statements included in the transcript are solely those of the individual persons or participants at the conference, and are not necessarily adopted or endorsed or verified as accurate by The National Academies. Please note that the presentations below may be subject to copyright restrictions of the individual presenters.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25
8:30 a.m.	Welcome & Goals for Workshop
	Lauress Wise, Chair, Committee on Research in Education & President, HumRRO
	Lisa Towne, Study Director, Committee on Research in Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council
9:00 a.m.	Historical Context for Grants Peer Review
	Edward Hackett, Arizona State University	Bio	Remarks	Presentation
	Q&A
10:15 a.m.	Education Research and Peer Review: A Perspective from the Institute of Education Sciences
	Grover (Russ) Whitehurst, U.S. Department of Education	Bio	Remarks
	Q&A
11:00 a.m.	Goals and Purposes of Grants Peer Review: Perspectives from Investigators
	Hilda Borko, University of Colorado	Bio	Remarks
	Penelope Peterson, Northwestern University	Bio	Remarks
	Kenneth Dodge, Duke University	Bio	Remarks
	Milton Hakel, Bowling Green State University	Bio	Remarks
	Edward Redish, University of Maryland	Bio	Remarks
	Q&A
1:45 p.m.	Peer Review Models: Perspectives from Funding Agencies
	Finbarr (Barry) Sloane, National Science Foundation	Bio	Remarks
	Steven Breckler, National Science Foundation	Bio	Remarks
	Brent Stanfield, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Bio	Remarks	Presentation
	Susan Chipman, Office of Naval Research	Bio	Remarks	Presentation
	Louis Danielson, U.S. Department of Education	Bio	Remarks	Presentation
	Q&A
4:30 p.m.	Selecting and Training Peers
	Teresa Levitin, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Bio	Remarks	Presentation
	Brent Stanfield, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services	Bio	Remarks	Presentation
	Q&A
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26
8:30 a.m.	Report on Strengthening the Standards: An Evaluation of OERI Grants Peer Review
	Diane August, August and Associates	Bio	Remarks	Presentation
	Penelope Peterson, Northwestern University	Bio	Remarks
	Q&A
10:15 a.m.	The Reliability of Peer Review for Grant Submissions
	Dominic Cicchetti, Yale University	Bio	Remarks	Presentation
11:15 a.m.	Wrap Up Discussion
	Members of the Committee on Research in Education Speakers Audience