The House Committee on Education and Labor has primary oversight responsibility for the Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) and any new legislation relating to that office. In 1991 the authorizing legislation, set forth in the General Education Provisions Act, is due to expire. The Subcommittee, in the process of examining this legislation before it expires in 1991, invites all who have a stake in educational research in the United States to assist in forging an effective national research, development, and dissemination effort. This report is a first step in soliciting input from sectors with an interest in educational research and development. A series of recommendations focuses on the need to depoliticize OERI and on its leadership role in bringing together agencies pertaining to education research. In the interim before the new legislation, initiatives are necessary to reach the educationally disadvantaged. Subcommittee hearings produced evidence that long-term planning has not been adequate. Examples of goals that might be included in long-term planning are given. Testimony from hearings held April 20 and 21, 1988 is summarized. A summary of eight publications relating to OERI is included. Appendices A and B consider specific modifications that might be made to OERI. (SLD)