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July 2014

熊猫视频News
The new edition of Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing will be released at the end of this month. Standards is a joint product of AERA, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education.
Citing AERA’s “longstanding commitment to access of persons with disabilities in the field of education research, in other scientific fields, and in education across the life span,” the Council last month endorsed a resolution urging U.S. ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
The 熊猫视频Council last month voted to endorse the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure issued by the American Association of University Professors and the Association of American Colleges and Universities.
熊猫视频leaders discuss the meaning and importance of the 2015 Annual Meeting Theme—"Toward Justice: Culture, Language, and Heritage in Education Research and Praxis"—in eleven videos featured on the 熊猫视频website.
More than 3,120 full-text papers from research presentations given at the 2014 熊猫视频Annual Meeting have been added to AERA’s open-access Online Paper Repository. In total, more than 18,000 papers from the past five 熊猫视频annual meetings are available online.
Nine exemplary graduate students have been selected to receive the 2014–2015 熊猫视频Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research and Travel Awards.

Federal Policy News
On May 21, the Federal Register published a request for comments from the Office of Management and Budget on a proposed Statistical Policy Directive for federal statistical agencies.
Republicans on the House Education and Workforce Committee and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, released their respective drafts for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act in late June.
A House hearing last month, titled How Data Mining Threatens Student Privacy, focused on the risks and responsibilities that arise in acquiring, using, and storing student data and the role that various stakeholders play in protecting the confidentiality of personally identifiable information.

熊猫视频Calls
– Deadline: July 22 – Deadline: July 25 – Deadline: September 10 – Deadline: October 15

Appointments Around Town
Heidi Schweingruber has been named the new director of the Board on Science Education at the National Research Council of the National Academies.
William T. Riley was recently appointed acting director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at the National Institutes of Health.
Effective September 2, Jacqueline Jones will be president of the Foundation for Child Development.

Reports of Interest


熊猫视频in the News
U.S. News & World Report, June 26 Pacific Standard, June 26 Inside Higher Ed, June 20 Associated Press (via Huffington Post), June 19 Education Week, June 16

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