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NIE Seeking Applications to Analyze School District Records
Many times we’ve said, “I wish I had time to really look into that program or answer this research question.” For most of us the press of day to day implantation doesn’t give us the time to answer the “It would be nice to know” questions. The National Institute of Education(NIE) may be able to help. They have recently published and disseminated a REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP # NIE-R-85-0015) that calls for an analysis of existing school district or State Education Agency records for the following purposes.
A. to determine the patterns of categorical service students receive
over multiple services.
B. to determine the long term educational accomplishments of students
who have been served by compensatory education programs.
Proposals must be received by the contracting officer no later than 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on September 16, 1985.
Interested? Write ED/National Institute of Education
Contracts and Grants Management Division
1200 19th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20208
Call Ms. Lee Black
NIE
202-254-5080
NCME Announces 1986 Award
The National Council on Measurement in Education has established three award categories:
Category I: Award for an outstanding dissemination of educational measurement concepts to the public.
Category 2: Award for an outstanding example of the application of educational measurement technology to a specific problem.
Category 3: Award for an outstanding technical or scientific contribution to the field of educational measurement.
This year (1985-86) an award will be made only in Category 1. In subsequent years, awards will be made in other categories.
Examples of dissemination media for the Category 1 award include nontechnical books, articles in newspapers and popular magazines, radio or television presentations and legislative testimony. The selection criteria for the award include judgments on the significance of the product(s), the quality and accuracy of the produce(s), innovativeness of the dissemination procedure and magnitude of the impact of the product(s) in furthering the correct understanding of educational measurement concepts.
To be eligible for this award, the product(s) must have been published or presented during 1983, 1984, or 1985. One may either nominate his/her own dissemination produce(s) or, with persmission, someone else’s. The nomination form can be obtained from the Award Committee, c/o Tse-chi Hsu, 5C25 Forbes Quad, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. (Later, finalists may be requested to submit copies of the complete product(s). e.g., written document, videotape, etc.) The deadline for submission is January 15, 1986.
The honorarium and plaque will be presented at the NCME’s 1986 annual meeting in San Francisco.
NATD Membership Reminder
In case you’ve been letting the summer slip by without sending your NATD dues, here’s another membership form.
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