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9:05 a.m.
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SUSAN NEUMAN: Good morning. My name is Susan
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Neuman. I'm Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. It's just
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thrilling to have all of you here today.
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One of our goals today -- we have a very practical goal actually.
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We're no longer debating whether scientifically based research and scientifically
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based evidence is important, we know it now is important and we know it is critical.
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As many of you know, we have counted one hundred and eleven times that the
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phrase "scientifically based research" is in our new law.
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What our goal today is, is a very practical one. What we want to
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do is begin to explore the logic of scientifically based evidence or research and to
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really to begin to understand both its definition as well as its intent.
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The second goal is something that is very particular to our office,
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the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, and that is, how do we begin to
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put this into practice? How do we begin to suggest guidance?
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What you are going to hear today is not only some wonderful
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papers on what is scientifically based evidence, what is it in its logic, it's
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characteristics, what it is and what it isn't. But, then, after a break, what we hope to
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do is really focus on what does this mean for safe and drug-free schools, reading,
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math, comprehensive school reform?
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What we want to do eventually is move this debate throughout all
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of our programs so that we begin to really look at the scientific basis underlying what
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we say and what we do for schools in districts across the country.
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What I want to do today is I want us to keep very much on pace.
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You'll see that there is opportunity to ask lots of questions. We ask you that the
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