Download or read book Hearing on H.R. 856, the Educational Research, Development and Dissemination Excellence Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hearing transcribed in this report is focused on the imperative of having a federal educational research and development strategy. As part of this strategy, a discussion concerning an innovative approach to dissemination and professional development also took place. The report contains testimony from: (1) G. Carl Ball, Committee on the Federal Role in Education Research, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences and Andrew C. Porter, Committee on the Federal Role in Education Research, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Wisconsin Center for Education Research; (2) A. Alfred Taubman, Chairman, Michigan Partnership for New Education, Michigan State University; (3) Judith Lanier, President, Michigan Partnership for New Education, accompanied by Elnora Crutchfield, Assistant Principal for the Seventh Grade, Holmes Middle School, Flint, Michigan; (4) Carlton E. Brown, Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Education, Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia; and (5) the American Educational Research Association's Hispanic Research and Bilingual Education Special Interest Groups. (TMK)