Research and Education Reform -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Mission, Governance, and Agenda -- Organization and Functions -- Operations -- Funding -- 1 Introduction -- THE CHALLENGE OF EDUCATION REFORM -- THE ROLE OF RESEARCH -- 2 Research and the Improvement of Education -- BASIC RESEARCH IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE -- Mathematics Education -- Reading -- CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVED TEACHING APPROACHES -- Project IMPACT -- Program Description -- Testing and Evaluation -- Reading Recovery -- Program Description -- Research and Development -- Testing and Evaluation -- Reciprocal Teaching -- Program Description -- Testing and Evaluation -- The Comprehensive School Mathematics Program -- Program Description -- Research and Development -- Testing and Evaluation -- Cognitively Guided Instruction -- Research Description -- Testing and Evaluation -- Computer-Assisted Instruction -- Program Description -- Testing and Evaluation -- Cooperative Learning -- Program Description -- Research and Development -- Testing and Evaluation -- SCHOOL RESTRUCTURING -- School Development Program -- Program Description -- Testing and Evaluation -- Outcomes Driven Development Model -- Program Description -- Testing and Evaluation -- MONITORING THE STATE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION -- National Statistics -- Longitudinal Studies -- National Assessment of Educational Progress -- International Studies -- CONGRESSIONAL USE OF EDUCATION RESEARCH -- CONCLUSIONS -- 3 The Office of Educational Research and Improvement -- HISTORY -- Centers, Laboratories, and the Educational Resources Information Center -- The National Institute of Education -- The Office of Educational Research and Improvement -- ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES -- The National Advisory Council on Educational Research and Improvement.

Office of the Assistant Secretary -- Office of Research -- National R&D Centers -- Field-Initiated Research -- Educational Resources Information Center -- Programs for the Improvement of Practice -- Regional Laboratories -- Program Effectiveness Panel and National Diffusion Network -- Fund for the Improvement and Reform of Schools and Teaching -- National Center for Educational Statistics -- Library Programs -- OPERATIONS AND FUNDING -- Staffing -- Procurement -- Funding of the Centers and Laboratories -- Peer Review -- Report Review and Clearance Procedures -- Funding -- OERI's 1991 Budget -- Comparisons with Other Fields -- Other Funding of R&D -- 4 Appraisal of OERI -- MISSION AND OBJECTIVES -- Mission -- Continuing Controversy About Education -- A History of "Politicization" -- GOVERNANCE -- FUNDING -- COORDINATION AND COOPERATION -- SUSTAINED EFFORTS -- QUALITY ASSURANCE AND ACCUMULATION OF RESULTS -- LINKAGES WITH PRACTICE -- 5 Recommendations -- MISSION, GOVERNANCE, AND AGENDA -- ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS -- OPERATIONS -- FUNDING -- CONCLUSION -- References -- Appendix Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff.