October, 1998

 

  SPECIAL EDUCATION ELEMENTARY LONGITUDINAL STUDY (SEELS)
   
  Propsed Task Force Membership, Meeting Plan, and Agenda
   
 
   
   
   
  SRI Project 3421
   
   
   


 

SPECIAL EDUCATION ELEMENTARY LONGITUDINAL STUDY (SEELS)

Task Force Membership and Work Plan

 

The value of the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) will be maximized to the extent that it meets the diverse information needs of the multiple audiences that will have keen interest in it. To articulate these information needs, the Office of Special Education Programs is seeking input regarding the studyís research questions and conceptual framework from a diverse group of individuals who represent several interested audiences, including parents, special and regular educators and administrators, related service personnel, state and local education officials, and national organizations. These representatives will comprise the study task force and will be convened early in the SEELS design phase in order to set design activities on a solid conceptual footing.

Task Force Members

The list of task force participants is attached.

Work Plan

The task force will meet at SRI Internationalís Roslyn, VA offices on November 23, 1998. The purpose of the meeting will be to develop and prioritize the research questions SEELS should address and to elaborate and refine a conceptual framework to guide the study in answering those questions. To spark thinking in advance of the meeting, SRI will prepare a brief paper that contains a draft conceptual framework, discussion of its domains, and potential research questions and will provide the paper to the task force members 2 weeks before the meeting.

The meeting will commence with opening remarks about OSEPís plans and objectives for SEELS, and the current design process. SRI staff will facilitate introductions of task force members, the dayís objectives, and activities. The day will be organized into discussions of specific domains (e.g. student characteristics, outcomes), within which each of the following areas will be addressed:

SRI will report on the dayís discussions and include them in a revision of the SEELS conceptual framework.

Task Force Members

 

Name

Organization

Address

Numbers

TF

Raymond Bryant

Montgomery County Public Schools

850 Hungerford Road
Rockville, MD 20850

phone: 301-279-3135
raymond_bryant@fc.mcps.k2.md.us

TF

Kevin Dwyer

National Association of School Psychologists

4340 East West Highway,
Suite 402
Bethesda, MD 20814

phone: 301-657-0270
fax: 301-657-4156
kdwyer@naspweb.org

TF

Douglas Fuchs

Vanderbilt University

Peabody College for Teachers
Nashville, TN 37203

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

TF

George Griffin

Riverside High School

3218 Rose of Sharon Road
Durham, NC 27712

bus phone: 919-560-3965
home phone: 919-933-8672

TF

Margaret McLaughlin

University of Maryland

Institute for the Study of Exceptional Children and Youth; College of Education, College Park, MD 20742

bus. phone: 301-405-6495
bus. fax: 301-314-9158
mm48@umail.umd.edu

TF

Virginia Roach

National Association of State Boards of Education

1012 Cameron Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

phone: 703-684-4000
fax: 703-836-2313
virginia@nasbe.org

TF

Diane Sydoriak

Arkansas Department of Education

#4 Capitol Mall, Room 105C
Little Rock, AR 72201

phone: 501-682-4221
fax: 501-682-4313

TF

Martha Thurlow

National Center on Educational Outcomes

350 Elliott Hall
75 E. River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455

phone: 612-624-4826
fax: 612-624-0879
thurl001@tc.umn.edu

TF

Madeline Will

Community Options

1130 17th Street, NW, Suite 430
Washington, DC 20037

phone: 202-721-0120
fax: 202-721-0124
home office: 301-951-3461
codc23@aol.com

TF

Zeddie Gibbs

Virginia Beach Public Schools

 

 

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

TF = Task force participant PO = Project officer PD = Project co-director

SEELS Task Force Meeting

Draft Agenda

November 23, 1998

 

Time

Activity

8:30

Assemble. Continental breakfast provided.

8:45 - 9:00

Welcome, introductions, and review of the agenda -Judith Holt, OSEP.

9:00 - 9:15

SEELS in its policy context-Lou Danielson, OSEP.

9:15- 9:45

Overview of the Task Force process and SEELS design-Mary Wagner, SRI.

9:45- 10:15

Components of the conceptual framework-Jose Blackorby, SRI

10:15 - 10:30

Break

10:30 - 12:00

Student outcomes. What questions do we need to answer about how students do? What kinds of evidence of outcomes are needed? (Performance domains, questions, measures and measurement strategies)-Mary Wagner

12:00- 12:30

Lunch (buffet provided)

12:30-1:45

Studentsí schools and school programs. What questions do we need to answer about studentsí educational experiences in school and the supports they receive in order to understand special education and the outcomes students in special education achieve? (E.g., setting, goals, instruction, services, curriculum.)-Jose Blackorby

1:45-2:45

Non-school experiences. What questions do we need to answer about studentsí noneducational experiences in order to understand the outcomes they achieve? (E.g., extracurricular activities, family support for education, parental expectations.)-Mary Wagner

2:45- 3:00

Break

3:00 - 3:45

Individual and household characteristics. What questions do we need to answer about students and their households in order to understand the outcomes they achieve? (E.g., abilities and disabilities, family resources.)-Jose Blackorby

3:45- 4:15

Priority-setting-Mary Wagner

4:15 - 4:30

Wrap-up-Judy Holt