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Institute of Education Sciences Terrific Start: Important Challenges

William T. Grant Foundation www.wtgrantfoundation.org. Institute of Education Sciences Terrific Start: Important Challenges. Robert C. Granger, Ed.D. Remarks prepared for the Institute of Education Sciences 2006 Research Conference June 16, 2006 Washington, DC.

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Institute of Education Sciences Terrific Start: Important Challenges

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  1. William T. Grant Foundation www.wtgrantfoundation.org Institute of Education Sciences Terrific Start: Important Challenges Robert C. Granger, Ed.D. Remarks prepared for the Institute of Education Sciences 2006 Research Conference June 16, 2006 Washington, DC

  2. William T. Grant Foundation www.wtgrantfoundation.org Stage Setting • NRC Report (1999) • Education Sciences Reform Act (2002) • National Board for Education Sciences (2005)

  3. William T. Grant Foundation www.wtgrantfoundation.org NBES 2006 Report • Research priorities: A clear, strong, long-term guide. • IES’s plan for addressing priorities: Great progress on important gaps. • Review procedures: Review standards and procedures of the highest merit. • Activities to assure relevance: Strong initiation of a number of important activities.

  4. William T. Grant Foundation www.wtgrantfoundation.org NBES Report (2006) In summary, the NBES believes that the vision Congress had when it created the Institute for Education Sciences is being realized, and the Board is privileged to serve during this important period of transformation.

  5. William T. Grant Foundation www.wtgrantfoundation.org Important Challenges: A Personal View • Understand why things work. • Understand use.

  6. William T. Grant Foundation www.wtgrantfoundation.org Evidence-based practice in psychology (EBPP) is the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences. (May-June, 2006).

  7. William T. Grant Foundation www.wtgrantfoundation.org “The initial advocates assumed that progress in the technology of teaching had been slow just because (the) scientific method has not been applied: they assumed traditional practice was incompetent because it was not produced by experimentation…” (1963).

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