September, 1998

 

  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
1310 S. 6th Street
Champaign, IL 61820-6990

bus: 217-333-8520
bus fax: 217-244-0538
destefan@uiuc.edu

TA

Douglas Fuchs

Vanderbilt University

Peabody College for Teachers
Nashville, TN 37203

phone: 615-343-4782
doug.fuchs@vanderbilt.edu

TA

Russell Gersten

Eugene Research Institute
University of Oregon

132 E. Broadway, Suite 747
Eugene, OR 97401

bus: 541-342-4268
bus fax: 541-342-4310
rgersten@oregon.uoregon.edu

TA

John Love

Mathematica Policy
Research

P.O. Box 2393
Princeton, NJ 08543

bus: 609-275-2245
bus fax: 609-275-2245
jlove@mathematica-mpr.com

TA

Kevin McGrew

St. Cloud State University
APSY Department

720 4th Avenue, S.
St. Cloud, MN 56301

phone: 320-255-3037
McGrew@tigger.stcloud.msus.edu

PO

Judith Holt

Office of Special Education Programs
U.S. Department of Education

Switzer Building,
Room 4622
330 C. Street, SW
Washington, DC 20202

phone: 202-358-3059
fax: 202-205-8971
judith_holt@ed.gov

PD

Jose Blackorby

SRI International

333 Ravenswood Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025

phone: 650-859-4210
fax: 650-859-2861
blackorb@unix.sri.com

PD

Mary Wagner

SRI International

333 Ravenswood Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025

phone: 650-859-2867
fax: 650-859-2861
mwagner@unix.sri.com

PS

Lynn Newman

SRI International

333 Ravenswood Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025

phone: 650-859-3703
fax: 650-859-2861
lnewman@unix.sri.com

PS

Susan Marks

SRI International

333 Ravenswood Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025

phone: 650-859-4428
fax: 650-859-2861
susan.marks@unix.sri.com

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.

 
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