September, 1998
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SPECIAL EDUCATION ELEMENTARY LONGITUDINAL STUDY (SEELS) | |
Proposed Membership and Plans for Advisory Panel |
SRI Project 3421 | |
SPECIAL EDUCATION ELEMENTARY LONGITUDINAL STUDY (SEELS)
Advisory Panel Membership and Work Plan
In commissioning a design for the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS), the Office of Special Education Programs sought technical support for design activities from an advisory panel composed of researchers with outstanding experience in large-scale research, including issues related to sampling, measurement and instrumentation, logistics, and analysis.
Advisory Panel Members
SRI International proposed the advisory panel members, all of whom were approved by OSEP and have agreed to lend their expertise to the SEELS design work. These advisors and other panel participants are listed below.
Name |
Company |
Address |
Numbers |
|
TA |
Lizanne DeStefano |
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
236 Education Building |
bus: 217-333-8520 |
TA |
Douglas Fuchs |
Vanderbilt University |
Peabody College for Teachers |
phone: 615-343-4782 |
TA |
Russell Gersten |
Eugene Research Institute |
132 E. Broadway, Suite 747 |
bus: 541-342-4268 |
TA |
John Love |
Mathematica Policy |
P.O. Box 2393 |
bus: 609-275-2245 |
TA |
Kevin McGrew |
St. Cloud State University |
720 4th Avenue, S. |
phone: 320-255-3037 |
PO |
Judith Holt |
Office of Special Education Programs |
Switzer Building, |
phone: 202-358-3059 |
PD |
Jose Blackorby |
SRI International |
333 Ravenswood Ave. |
phone: 650-859-4210 |
PD |
Mary Wagner |
SRI International |
333 Ravenswood Ave. |
phone: 650-859-2867 |
PS |
Lynn Newman |
SRI International |
333 Ravenswood Ave. |
phone: 650-859-3703 |
PS |
Susan Marks |
SRI International |
333 Ravenswood Ave. |
phone: 650-859-4428 |
PO = Project officer TA = Technical advisor PD = Project co-director PS = SRI project staff
Work Plan
Given the limited amount of time advisors have to offer and for which they can be reimbursed within the budget of the design task (a total of 3 days each), we do not plan to convene the group in person. Rather, we propose to gather their ideas and draw on their expertise through three extended conference calls (i.e., 2 to 3 hours) at key points in the design process. We will prepare materials as background to each call and will provide an agenda for using the time together effectively. We propose the following points in the design phase for calls. The purpose of each call and the materials to be reviewed before the calls are described briefly:
In addition to preparation for and participation in these meetings, advisors will be asked to provide written comments on the following products, which will reflect their input from the conference calls:
Written comments provided by advisors will be shared with OSEP and incorporated into the final versions of these products.