熊猫视频Highlights December 2013

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熊猫视频Highlights December 2013
 
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December 2013

熊猫视频News

  

Join 熊猫视频members and scholars from aligned fields and disciplines in Philadelphia, Pa., and select from over 2,000 sessions featuring high-quality and timely education research. 
 

熊猫视频leaders participated last month in the 2013 Focal Meeting of the World Education Research Association.


 

Over 70 scholars have benefited from the 熊猫视频Minority Fellowship Program since it was established in 1991. Please consider a gift to help continue its goal of improving the quality and diversity of university faculty and researchers.
 

AERA, with funding support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is now accepting applications for the AERA-MET Dissertation Fellowship Program. 

Beyond AERA

  

House action on the Education Sciences Reform Act — which reauthorizes the Institute of Education Sciences — came to a standstill at the beginning of December. 

The compromise budget deal, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, was approved by the Senate this week, sending the legislation to President Obama for his signature.

In a December 11 letter to the leaders of universities and heads of other organizations that receive National Science Foundation research funding, NSF announced that it would be taking steps to enhance the agency’s transparency and accountability.
 

New Reports

  

A new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office finds that the Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences supports high-quality research and has made great strides in achieving its mission since it was established under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002. 
 

The National Research Council  has released a new report, Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards, that finds that implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards will require new types of assessments. 
 

The 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment findings released this month show American students lagging behind those in other developed countries, particularly in Asia, in math.
 

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熊猫视频Highlights is published by the 熊猫视频 monthly to inform members and others interested in education research about the latest news and developments in 熊猫视频and in the field.
 
Editor: Felice J. Levine
Managing Editors: Tony Pals and John Neikirk
Contributors: Lauren Green, Alastair Hamilton, Bridget Jameson, Patricia A. Martin, Phat Nguyen, Sylvie Nguyen-Fawley, Christy Talbot, Martha Yager