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ED078548.Pdf DOCUMENT RESUME ED 078 548 95 EA 005 212 AUTHOR Brickell, Henry M. TITLE Survey of State Education Department Research, Development, Demonstration, Dissemination and Evaluation RDDDE, 1969-70. INSTITUTION Institute for Educational Development, New York, N.Y. SPONS AGENCY National Center for Educational Research and Development (DREW /OE), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE (71) CONTRACT OEC-0-9-090914-4631 NOTE 283p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$9.87 DESCRIPTORS ,AdminiStrative Organization; *Comparative Analysis; Comparative Statistics; Demonstration Projects; Educational Finance; *Educational Research; Educational Researchers; *Information Dissemination; *Organizational Development; Personnel Data; Program Evaluation; Questionnaires; Research Methodology; Research Projects; *State Departments of Education; Surveys; Tables (Data) ABSTRACT This study is designed in part to update a 1965 publication and to note changes in the pattern of State research and research related activities since that time. It is intended to provide State research directors with an exchange of State department practices in organization, staffing, funding, and contracting for research related activities; an identification of projects completed and under way; and an identification of personnel employed in State departments. survey data were gathered through (1) site visits to 12 geographically representative States known to be active in research and development; (2) mailed questionnaires that probed into the organization, financing, staffing, and content of State actimities -- not only in the research unit but also throughout the department; and (3) meetings at the nine regional USOE offices where RDDDE personnel from 31 States discussed the situations in their own departments. The procedures used to collect and analyze the data are described in one chapter; another chapter presents the results of the work; and the presentation concludes with a reflection on the meanings of the findings, an interpretation, and general recommendations. Eight appendixes contain definitions of terms, samples of instruments used in the study, lists of people participating,- statistical tables, a project catalogue, and a project list. (Author/MIX) op US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION t W=LFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF co EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO DUCE° EXAC-LY A) RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN ATING IT POINTS OF VIENCR OPINIONS STATED 00 NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTI-UTE DP EOUCATION POSITION OR POLICY SURVEY OF STATEEDUCATIONDEPARTMENT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, DISSEMINATIONAND EVALUATION RDDDE 1969-70 Henry M. Brickeli Project Director LaINSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1 t52 Vanderbilt Avenue C'.: t New York. New York 10017 0212.686.8910 The research reported herein was performed pursuant to contract OEC-0-9-090914-4631 with the Office of Education, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Contractors undertaking such projects under Government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their professional judgment in the conduct of the project. Points of view or opinions stated do not, therefore, necessarily represent official Office of Education prcvision or policy. FILMED. .FROM-BESTAVAILABLE.C.On ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A large number of individuals assisted in conceiving, designing, and supplying data for this investigation. A special word of appreciation goes to the Advisory Committee comprised of state personnel engaged in research-related activities which has served since the inception of this study, helping to shape its goals, its content, and its procedures. Committee members have been ready to assist whenever necessary, traveling, criticizing and commenting. For this, they are owed a special debt of gratitude. The members of the Committee are: Milton Baum, Director of Personnel and Community Relations, Oregon State Education Department James Crandall, Chief of the Bureau of Evaluation and Instructional Services, California State Education Department Richard McKay, Assistant Superintendent, Research, Planning and Evaluation, Maryland State Education Department Charles Nix, Associate Commissioner, Planning, Research and Evaluation, Texas Education Agency Stanley Salett, Associate Commissioner for Research and Development, New Jersey State Education Department William Shabacker, Assistant Director of Research, Planning and Evaluation, Georgia State Education Department Rowan Stutz, Director of Research and Innovation, Utah State Education Department Lorne Woollatt, Associate Commissioner for Research, New York State Education Department ii Personnel in twelve state education departments aided the work by supplying case material during on-site interviews.The findings from these site visits led to a considerable sharpening of questions, in the survey forms. Nine meetings hosted by personnel in the nine U.S. Office of Education regional offices allowed the IED staff to explain the intent of the study and to answer questions about the instruments for the state personnel who attended. These meetings also allowed the IED staff to gain additional insights into state problems in conducting research-related activities. The names of the USOE regional office personnel who sponsored the meetings at IED's request and the names of the state personnel in attendance are listed in Appendix D, Regional Meetings. Hundreds of others participated by supplying data in answer to questionnaires. Most of those who did so are listed in Appendix E, RDDDE Personnel.Additional names appear in the abstracts in Appendix G, Project Catalogue, and in Appendix H, Project List. Special appreciation is owed to David Pollen, assistant chief of the U.S. Office of Education National Center for Educational Research and Development, for his interest in the study, and to Lloyd Johnson of the NCERD staff who served as project monitor and offered helpful guidance. Patrick F. Toole of the Pennsylvania State Department of Public Instruction served as consultant to IED throughout the study. Among his many other responsibilities, Dr. Toole conducted all of the 12 site visits and the 9 regional meetings described later. iii TABLE OF- CONTENTS Page LIST OF APPENDICES Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION 1 Advisory Committee Definitions Preliminary Report The Nature of this Report Chapter 2: METHODOLOGY 5 Definitions Data Collection Data Analysis Chapter 3:FINDINGS 16 Administrative Organization RDDDE Functions Staffing Projects Chapter 4: COMMENTARY iv LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX A: Definitions Used in the Survey APPENDIX B: Questionnaires Used in the Survey APPENDIX C: Persons Arranging Site Visits to State Departments of Education APPENDIX D: Participants in Meetings at OE Regional Offices APPENDIX E: RDDDE Personnel in State Departments of Education Responding to Questionnaires APPENDIX F: Tables APPENDIX G: Project Catalogue APPENDIX H: Project List Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION This study was authorized by the U. S. Office of Education National Center for Educational Research and Development, partly at the request of a number of research directors in state education departments. It was of interest to USOE/NCERD because of the implications it might have for Federal policy with respect to the research, development, demonstra- tion, dissemination, and evaluation activities carried on by state education departments. It was of interest to the state research directors for a variety of reasons, including having an exchange of state depart- ment practices in organization, staffing, funding, and contracting for research-related activities; identification of projects completed and under way; identification of personnel employed in state departments; and so on. In 1965 the Office of Education had published Research in State Departments of Education (0E-23040)*. The report described research services made available through state departments, research support in the form of legislative authorization and appropriations for state activities, the administrative structure for research within state depart- ments, and organizations of agencies engaged in research. In addition, the 1965 study listed research projects being carried on by the state agencies, including those funded under the Cooperative Research Act. The questionnaire on which the 1965 study was based was issued in the fall of 1963, with returns received from all 50 states by the spring of 1964. Thus the data collected Preceded the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. *The report of a study by John M. Bean', Specialist, State Education programs. Superintendent of Documents Catalog No. FS5.223:23040, . U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. In its solicitation, to contractors interested in undertaking a new study in 1969-70, the Office of Education stated: In the four-year interval since ESEA was enacted, the amount of support for research, development, and dissemination has increased markedly. Today there exists no comprehensive survey of the organization and conduct of research, development, and dissemination activities by state education authorities, no inclusive statement of the research commonalities and differences among the states, and no specific catalog of studies under way or completed. This study is designed in part to update the 1965 publication and to note changes in the pattern of state research and research- relat-eiractivities since that time. Advisory Committee In view of the interest of state department research personnel in the conduct and findings of the survey,
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