The implications and the political causes behind the Senate Appropriations Committee's proposal for zero funding for NIE for fiscal year 1975 are discussed. (AM)

Presents a case study of how the review and clearance procedures are operating for evaluation instruments used in collecting information in connection with studies for the U.S. Office of Education. The review procedures are defective: They consume too much time. They are very costly. The results are unproductive. (Author/JM)

Criticizes the Holtzman Report (Boruch and Cordray) focusing on the politics behind the national educational policymaking process. (GC)

Discusses the federal government's role in educational research and development, in particular, the capacity of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Considers how the federal government's capacity to support the development, dissemination, and implementation of education-related knowledge can be significantly enhanced by incremental…

Reviews the Reagan administration's proposed budget cuts for education, educational research, and social science research. Holds that examples used to bolster the administration's criticisms of social and behavioral research come from the late 1960s/early 1970s, and ignore federally funded work currently focusing on educational practice, policy,…