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Date:         Fri, 24 Jul 1992 23:34:00 CDT
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                         THE PRESIDENT'S
                     FISCAL YEAR 1993 BUDGET
                             FOR THE
         OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH  AND IMPROVEMENT

                  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

              NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

Emerson J. Elliott
Acting Commissioner


The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) collects,
analyzes, and reports statistics on education in the United
States, conducts studies on international comparisons of student
achievement, and provides leadership in developing and promoting
the use of standardized terminology and definitions for the
collection of those statistics.

The work of the Center is critical both to the monitoring of the
National Education Goals and to accomplishing recommendations of
the National Council on Education Standards and Testing (NCEST).
In the first report of the National Education Goals Panel, 70
percent of the data exhibits and bulleted facts referenced NCES
as the source, indicating the breadth and quality of the Center's
data collections and analyses.  A substantial portion of NCES
activities in 1993 will be drawn upon for future goals reports.
The NCEST recommendations call for continuation, development, and
refinement of the Center's National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) as a monitor of Goal 3 on academic achievement.
Modified to fit content standards and student performance
standards that would guide a new national system of examinations,
NAEP would provide independent information about national and
State educational progress to complement what is provided through
individual student examinations.

The FY 1993 budget request for assessment and statistics is
$128.4 million, which represents an increase of $51.2 million or
(66 percent) over the FY 1992 level.  The increase is sought to
cover costs of the Center's ongoing data collections, analyses,
and dissemination activities, including initiatives pursuant to
mandates in the Hawkins-Stafford Amendments.

The request for the National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) is $64.8 million, an increase of $34.9 million (117
percent) over the FY 1992 level.  This significant increase will
support expanding assessment activities including analyses of
State-representative data from 1992 assessments of mathematics in
grades 4 and 8 and reading in grade 4 as well as national data in
reading, mathematics, and writing at grades 4, 8 and 12; and
further analyses of the 1990 assessment data.  Also included in
this request are the expenses for development of the 1994
assessments at grades 4, 8, and 12 in reading, mathematics,
science at both the State and national levels and, history, and
geography nationally.


                 FY 1993 Request ($ in millions)

National Assessment of Education Progress............... $64.8

Statistics..............................................  63.6

Total...................................................$128.4

The request for statistics is $63.6 million, an increase of $16.3
million (34 percent) over the FY 1992 level.  At the
elementary/secondary level, funds will support:

     o    the third Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) full-scale
          data collection, expanded methodology and quality
          control studies, as well as analyses of data from the
          1991 survey and the first follow-up survey of teachers;

     o    improvements to the Common Core of Data (CCD)
          prekindergarten and kindergarten sample frames toward
          development of an early childhood data collection,
          fiscal data collections, and additional data analyses;

     o    expanding the sampling frame to collect, analyze, and
          report data on Private Schools;

     o    feasibility studies under the National Cooperative
          Education Statistics System related to State automation
          of a student data reporting system and improvements in
          the comparability of State-reported data;

     o    conversion of the National Household Education Survey
          to an annual data collection in 1993, preparations for
          full data collection in 1994, and increases in sample
          size for better data on small populations;

     o    a feasibility study on a proposed Early Childhood
          Survey which would assist in monitoring progress toward
          Goal 1.

 At the postsecondary level, funds will support:

     o    collection of new data on graduation rates and overall
          system improvements to the Integrated Postsecondary
          Education Data System;
     o    a pilot test for the National Postsecondary Student Aid
          Study (NPSAS) on using graduate record examinations as
          assessment measures, and the design of new data
          collection instruments;

     o    collection of data on 1993 college graduates and
          out-of-school borrowers in the Postsecondary
          Longitudinal Study;

     o    development of instruments and methodologies for a
          Postsecondary Student Assessment Survey; and

     o    collection of data on academic Libraries and State
          library administrative agencies.

Remaining funds will support other outcome statistics, special
analyses, and Center publications.  Included are:

     o    development of the Third International Mathematics and
          Science Study (TIMSS) to meet new data requirements
          related to National Education Goal 4 regarding student
          mathematics and science achievement; an increase in
          activity by the National Academy of Science's
          consortium on expanding the international data program;
          oversight and coordination of international assessments
          by the International Association for the Evaluation of
          Educational Achievement (IEA) and the TIMSS
          International Coordinating Center.

     o    developmental work on new approaches to assessing
          elementary and secondary student achievement to assist
          States and others as they develop a new system of
          assessments.

Also, included in the request is support for improvements in the
Center's statistical standards and methodologies, for the Census
Mapping Project, for cross-level statistics and additional
special analyses, and for additional printing to allow greater
dissemination of NCES products.


                         THE PRESIDENT'S
                     FISCAL YEAR 1993 BUDGET
                             FOR THE
         OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH  AND IMPROVEMENT

                  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                       OFFICE OF RESEARCH

Milton Goldberg
Director

In addition to the activities directed toward "Systemic Reform:
Raising Achievement Levels for all Students," the Office of
Research (OR) FY 1993 budget request of $63.8 million will
support an array of activities to advance teaching and learning.
Through basic and applied research and assessment, and the
dissemination of key research-based findings, OR will directly
serve teachers, students and parents as well as policymakers,
administrators, and scholars.


                 FY 1993 Request ($ in millions)

National Educational Research and Development Centers....$27.7

Partnerships in Innovative Teacher Education............. 20.0

Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)..........  7.2

Evaluation of Education Reform...........................  3.0

Field-Initiated Studies..................................  2.0

National Center on Gifted/Talented Education
(Javits Programs)........................................  1.7

Other Research Activities................................  2.2

Total....................................................$63.8


Nearly $28 million will support the work of the National
Educational Research and Development Centers.  Located at
universities across the country, the Centers have three primary
responsibilities:

     o    conducting research and development in areas of
          national concern;
     o    disseminating their key findings to the audiences that
          can benefit  most from the information; and

     o    collaborating with regional education laboratories,
          ERIC clearinghouses, and other institutions to develop
          products on topics of mutual interest.

The National Research and Development Centers can play a key role
in our efforts to support State systemic reform.  By providing
up-to-date research syntheses and findings, the Centers can point
out not only what works but also what doesn't work.

A total of $20 million will support Partnerships in Innovative
Teacher Education, a new program for which legislation was
proposed and included in the House Education and Labor Committee
reauthorization proposal.  Recognizing that a well-trained
teaching force is essential in order to reform our education
system and achieve the National Education Goals, the
Administration is proposing a new program to foster collaboration
between postsecondary training institutions and schools.
Designed for prospective as well as experienced teachers, the new
program will demonstrate strategies to make teacher education
programs more rigorous and more responsive to research findings
and to actual practice.  The focus of the program will be to help
teachers fulfill the new challenges emerging from the explication
of national standards, State curriculum frameworks, and new forms
of assessment. The specific goals of the program will be to:

     o    demonstrate effective strategies for preparing teachers
          who may lack prior training in education;

     o    demonstrate ways to help teachers grow professionally
          throughout their careers; and

     o    create environments that foster inquiry and learning
          for both students and teachers.

Discretionary grants will be awarded to SEAs, LEAs, and
institutions of higher education-individually or as consortia-to
plan, establish, and operate innovative teacher education
programs.  Funds will be used primarily as seed money to
encourage partnerships throughout the country.

The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system- which
will receive nearly $7.2 million- acquires, indexes, abstracts,
synthesizes, and disseminates educational materials and
information.  Each year, the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses and 4 support
components index 30,000 new documents and journal articles for
the world's largest education database, issue and distribute over
200 publications, respond to over 100,000 public inquiries, and
sponsor training sessions and exhibits at nearly 600 conferences.

FY 1993 will be the first year in which the Clearinghouses will
operate under new contracts, following a 1992 national
competition.  In 1993, new ERIC initiatives will include the
electronic dissemination of full-text materials, the addition of
published looks to the ERIC database, and the use of global
computer networks to distribute ERIC products and services.

The sum of $3 million is requested to continue an Evaluation of
Education Reform, a project focusing exemplary reform efforts in
12 topic areas.  The project is assessing and documenting the
changes taking place in schools and classrooms as a result of
reforms now underway.  The lessons learned will be disseminated
to those implementing similar reforms to enable them to benefit
from the experiences of others.

In addition, $2 million will support grants for Field-Initiated
Studies to provide opportunities for individuals and groups to
conduct promising research.  By doubling funding from the FY 1992
level, OR can provide greater support to projects offering fresh
insights into education problems of national importance that may
fall outside the scope or the agenda of the Centers.  The
deadline to submit FY 1992 proposals was January 22, 1992; OR
expects to make approximately 15 awards by this summer.

The $2.2 million requested for Other Research Activities will
support research syntheses and special data analyses that examine
strategies to achieve the National Education Goals.  These funds
will also support an evaluation of the Goal-related work of the
Research Centers.

In FY 1993, OR will be calling on its colleagues-the National
Research and Development Centers, the ERIC Clearinghouses,
individual scholars and researchers-to identify ways in which
they can most appropriately contribute to improving the
achievement of all students, particularly those at risk.


                         THE PRESIDENT'S
                     FISCAL YEAR 1993 BUDGET
                             FOR THE
         OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH  AND IMPROVEMENT

                  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

              PROGRAMS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PRACTICE

David P. Mack
Acting Director

Programs for the Improvement of Practice (PIP) aims to narrow the
gap between what is known and what is done  in American
education.  The mission of PIP is to ensure that education data,
research findings, and exemplary practices are  easily accessible
to teachers, school administrators, and others seeking to improve
achievement for all students.

OERI's FY 1993 budget request emphasizes an overall strategy of
systemic reform  that will provide support for the State-by-State
implementation of standards and curriculum frameworks.  PIP will
support that effort by providing technical assistance to State
and local leaders as they undertake these complex tasks.  In
implementing the planned FY 1993 technical assistance activities
PIP will:

     o    provide technical support to States and localities
          receiving OERI grants to develop standards and
          curriculum frameworks;


     o    produce research briefs focusing on the questions
          raised by State officials and policymakers;

     o    assist State leaders in exploring State-specific
          concerns, depending upon where each State is in the
          process of setting standards and achieving systemic
          reform; and

     o    convene meetings throughout the nation to link States
          initiating the standards development processes with
          sources of expert help.

In addition, PIP will work in FY 1993 to strengthen OERI's
dissemination program by continuing to provide leadership for
dissemination planning and implementation.  In particular, PIP
will continue to provide leadership for the planning and
implementation of SMARTLine, OERI's electronic network to provide
teachers, administrators, parents, and community members with
easy access to information about teaching and learning.

To accomplish PIP's mission and at the same time further OERI's
goal to improve the academic achievement of all students, PIP is
requesting a total of $ 80.5 million in FY 1993 for the operation
of a variety of programs.  Of this amount $31.9 million will be
used to support 10 Regional Educational Laboratories.  The labs
are responsible for working with State and local educators to
determine education research and development needs in a specific
region of the country and for helping to meet those needs through
applied research, development, dissemination, and technical
assistance.

                 FY 1993 Request ($ in millions)

Regional Laboratory Programs.......................$31.9

Other PIP Activities...............................  0.6

National Diffusion Network......................... 14.7

Blue Ribbon Schools................................  0.9

Territorial Teacher Training Assistance Program....  1.8

Star Schools....................................... 18.4

Gifted and Talented................................  8.0

Educational Partnerships...........................  4.2

Total..............................................$80.5



In addition, $0.25 million will be used to continue an evaluation
study of the Laboratory program begun in FY 91, and $.35 million
will support the continuation of a multi-year pilot program to
prepare minorities for careers in educational research and
development.

PIP's FY 1993 request also includes $18.4 million for the Star
Schools Program, $14.7 million for the National Diffusion
Network, $8.0 million for the Javits Gifted and Talented Program,
$4.2 million for the Educational Partnerships Program, $1.8
million for the Territorial Teacher Training Assistance Program,
and $0.9 for the Blue Ribbon Schools Program.



                         THE PRESIDENT'S
                     FISCAL YEAR 1993 BUDGET
                             FOR THE
         OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH  AND IMPROVEMENT

                  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

             FUND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT AND REFORM OF
                   SCHOOLS AND TEACHING OFFICE

Paul Gagnon
Director

In FY 1993, the Fund for the Improvement and Reform of Schools
and Teaching (FIRST) Office will administer three major
programs-the Secretary's Fund for Innovation in Education
Program, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Mathematics and Science
Education Act (National Programs and the Regional Consortia), and
the FIRST Program.  A total of $102.2 million is included in the
FY 1993 budget for these programs.

The Secretary's Fund for Innovation in Education (FIE) supports
programs and projects that show promise of identifying and
disseminating innovative educational approaches at the preschool,
elementary, and secondary levels.  Grants and contracts are
issued under this authority.  The Department has proposed a
legislative amendment to rename FIE the "Fund for Effective
Education."  This change would clarify that Fund activity is to
focus on effective education strategies.  Innovative programs and
projects would still be funded if they promise effectiveness, but
they would not be funded solely because they are new.

The budget request for FIE is $25 million-$1 million more than in
FY 1992.  Funds will first be allocated to meet continuation
costs for projects funded under FIE in FY 1991 and FY 1992 and
then to support new competitions under the Innovation in
Education Program and Comprehensive School Health Education
Program.  No new awards will be made under the Innovative Alcohol
Abuse Program which is administered by the Office of Elementary
and Secondary Education.  Under the Innovation in Education
Program, applications will be requested for projects to assist
States in the development of K-12 curriculum frameworks in the
key academic subjects of English, history, geography, and
possibly foreign language and arts, and for projects proposing
new approaches to teacher education and certification appropriate
to such frameworks.

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National Program for Mathematics and
Science Education provides grants to a variety of institutions
for projects of national significance in mathematics and science
education.  For FY 1993 the request is for $56 million, an
increase of $40 million over the FY 1992 level.  Approximately
$36 million of this increase will be used to fund a competition
for model projects that employ experienced and expert secondary
school teachers of mathematics and science to train elementary
and middle school teachers to teach a coherent, integrated
curriculum in mathematics and science that is tied to world-class
standards and that builds student knowledge and skills
grade-by-grade, in stages appropriate to each grade level.

A second competition will be held for grants to help States
wishing to develop K-12 mathematics and science curriculum
frameworks and plans for new approaches to teacher education and
certification appropriate to the frameworks.  Funds will also be
used to support the third year of a project with the National
Academy of Sciences for the development of world-class standards
in the sciences, and to provide for an increase in funding for
the second year of operation for the new National Clearinghouse
for Mathematics and Science Education Materials.

The budget request for the Eisenhower Mathematics and Regional
Consortiums Program is $12 million to fund the second year of
grants awarded in FY 1992.

The FY 1993 budget request for the Fund for the Improvement and
Reform of Schools and Teaching is $9.2 million-the same amount as
the FY 1992 appropriation.  Two separate programs are supported
under this appropriation:

The Schools and Teachers Program awards discretionary grants to a
variety of institutions-including individual schools-to improve
educational opportunities and the performance of elementary and
secondary school teachers and students.  This Program supports
AMERICA 2000, the President's strategy for moving the Nation
toward achievement of the National Education Goals, community by
community and school by school.  Of the FY 1993 FIRST budget
request, $5.5 million-the same amount as the FY 1992
appropriation-will be used as follows:  $2.3 million for
school-level projects, $3.0 million for other grants for schools
and teachers, and $150,000 for dissemination and reporting.  Most
of these funds will be used for continuation awards.

The Family-School Partnership Program awards demonstration grants
to Chapter 1-eligible LEAs (local education agencies) for
projects that increase the involvement of parents in their
children's education.  The importance of involving families in
the education of their children is widely recognized, and greater
family involvement in schools is a key principle of the AMERICA
2000 strategy for improving education and achieving the National
Education Goals.  In FY 1993, $3.8 million- the same amount as
appropriated in FY 1992-will be used to support both new and
continuation grants.

                 FY 1993 Request ($ in millions)

Secretary's Fund for Innovation in Education................$25.0

Dwight D. Eisenhower National Programs for Math/Science
Education................................................... 56.0

Eisenhower Regional Consortiums............................. 12.0

FIRST: Schools and Teachers and Family School Partnership...  9.2

Total......................................................$102.2


                         THE PRESIDENT'S
                     FISCAL YEAR 1993 BUDGET
                             FOR THE
         OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH  AND IMPROVEMENT

                  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                      ACCESS TO RESEARCH

Access to Research through Technology

In FY 1993, OERI will continue development of SMARTLINE (Sources
of Materials And Research about Teaching and Learning for
Improving Nationwide Education), a computer-based system
developed to help teachers, administrators, parents, and
community members get answers to questions about teaching and
learning. SMARTLINE will allow access from a single entry point
to many sources of useful information (databases, bulletin
boards, educational materials and research) related to teaching
and learning. SMARTLINE is a component of USA On-Line.

In FY 1993, OERI will begin development of additional components
of the comprehensive system, USA On-Line. For example, work will
begin on a component which will provide direct access to
instruction such as distance learning programs, interactive video
through satellite, CD-ROM and other telecommunications
technologies to individuals in homes, schools, libraries, and
workplaces. This system also will electronically deliver
information about curriculum and instructional materials needed
to improve teaching. In addition to the SMARTLINE and USA
On-Line, OERI will develop
other ways of using technology to expand the public's access to
knowledge about research and practice. Through the use of video,
teleconferencing, and other media products OERI will disseminate
information about research, effective programs and practices that
are designed to improve learning.

PRINTING

Funds are required for printing and editing of OERI publications.


                 FY 1993 Request ($ in millions)

Access to Research through Technology

SMARTLINE........................................... $6.0

USA On-line.........................................  1.0
Dissemination.......................................  8.0

Printing:............................................ 0.5

Total...............................................$15.5
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