American PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Colleagues,
Educational Happy New Year!! I hope all of you enjoyed your holi-
days. The Executive Committee continues its prepara-
tions for the SIG Business Meeting and the W.E.B. Du-
Research Bois Distinguished Lecture in Chicago.
As you read in the November newsletter, prior to that
Association
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meeting the membership must elect a new President and
Secretary-Treasurer. Dr. Judy Alston and I will com-
plete our terms in these positions in April. You were
asked to submit nominations during the month of De-
SIG: Research Focus on cember and those nominations have resulted in candi-
dates whose biographical information appears in this
issue.
Black Education (RFBE)
In addition, there are descriptions of offices, the election
Newsletter process and a ballot. We have also included the latest list
of SIG members. Only members of the SIG may partic-
_______________ ____________ ipate in the election. This list has been compiled from
our and AERA’s records as well as from those of you
Vol. 14, No. 1 who have forwarded proof of membership to Judy Als-
ton. Drs. Carol Camp Yeakey and Ronald Henderson
will use this list to tabulate the election ballots. You will
January/February 2003
have until the first week in March to mail in your ballot.
The results will be reported in the March newsletter,
Executive Committee along with information about the Business Meeting,
DuBois Distinguished Lecture, and the SIG’s AERA
Program.
President
I urge you to contact Dr. Alston, if you have questions
Olga M. Welch, Ed.D. regarding your membership status. We are also asking
The University of Tennessee that you forward your e-mail address to Dr. Alston at
jalston@bgnet.bgsu.edu as we are developing the list-
Secretary/Treasurer serv we hope to use as a supplement to the newsletter.
This cannot occur without accurate information.
Judy Alston, Ph.D. This newsletter also contains the revised SIG Bylaws
Bowling Green University
drafted by Drs. Diane Pollard (Chair), Jacqueline Jordan
Irvine and Thelma Spencer. These bylaws will appear
Newsletter Editor again in the March newsletter, in preparation for a vote
during the SIG Business meeting.
Eboni M. Zamani, Ph.D.
Eastern Michigan University In closing, I continue to appreciate your support of the
Executive Committee’s work. Moreover, I am fortunate
Program Chair to have such professional individuals serving as officers.
Together, we look forward making the final preparations
Linda Tillman, Ph.D. for AERA.
Wayne State University
Sincerely,
Olga M. Welch, President
Committee Reports Position Descriptions
SECRETARY/TREASURER REPORT: Below are excerpts from the current SIG Bylaws describing
The SIG account has approximately $5,000. the positions of President, Secretary-Treasurer, and the
In the near future I will conduct an audit of the SIG's election procedures.
accounts. Article IV
Please note: SIG members we must abide by AERA pol- Chair: Principal duties: to preside at the annual meeting,
icies regarding dues. You must pay dues to both AERA Executive Committee meetings and special meetings as
and to the RFBE in order to be counted on the member- deemed necessary; shall appoint chairpersons of all com-
ship rolls for each. While many members have paid their mittees (standing and ad hoc) subject to approval by the
dues to the SIG, they are not considered members by Executive Committee; responsible for planning, imple-
AERA as their Association membership is lapsed. This menting and evaluating structures and processes to meet
has greatly impacts the overall membership number that RFBE membership objectives.
determines the number of slots designated at the annual
conference for the Sig. Due to this policy, we will no Article V
longer accept dues at the annual meeting.
Secretary-Treasurer: Principal duties to prepare minutes
Please pay your RFBE-SIG dues directly to AERA at the of annual meetings; to prepare and/or edit occasional
same time you renew your AERA membership. When news items; to maintain current mailing lists; to deposit
you pay your dues directly to headquarters, your name is membership fees; to reimburse individuals and agencies
then forwarded for inclusion on our roll. for services rendered; to keep current financial records;
present budget for upcoming year including expected
If there are any questions or concerns, please contact me expenditures for newsletter and other mailings; and re-
via email (jalston@bgnet.bgsu.edu) or by mail (5411 lated activities or financial records; present budget for
Glenridge Dr., Toledo, OH 43614). upcoming year including expected expenditures for new-
sletter and other mailings; and related activities deemed
Respectfully submitted, appropriate by the Executive Committee
Judy A. Alston, Secretary/Treasurer
Article VI
PROGRAM CHAIR REPORT: The chairperson of the Nominating Committee will be re-
Due to a number of "glitches" in the new system to-date, sponsible for election procedures. The Nominating Com-
Program Chairs have been unable to access the programs mittee shall be appointed by the Chairperson. This commit-
submitted and check them for accuracy. However, tee shall recommend a slate of officers to the RFBE mem-
AERA had informed the chairs that the programs would bership. All members in good standing shall be eligible to
be available by the end of the month. vote.
Respectfully submitted, Note: Should the membership adopt the revised Bylaws,
Linda Tillman, Program Chair the descriptions of the above offices and duties would be
apply.
NEWSLETTER EDITOR REPORT
Just a reminder that we would like to move our means of Nomination and Election Processes
communicating to an on-line format; one challenge to
moving ahead in this fashion is obtaining current email
addresses for our membership. Therefore, if you would Drs. Carol Camp Yeakey (The University of Virginia, Cur-
contact Judy or me to confirm your email address, it ry School of Education) and Ronald Henderson (National
would be greatly appreciated. I can be reached at ebo- Education Association, Washington, D.C.) will serve as the
ni.zamani@emich.edu. Nominating Committee and also will handle the election in
February. This year’s election will occur prior to the SIG
Respectfully submitted, Business meeting in Chicago. In this issue of the newslet-
Eboni M. Zamani, Newsletter Editor ter, you will find the most current list of SIG members. On-
ly SIG members will be eligible to vote for officers. A
description of the election process follows:
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Any SIG member can be nominated for the positions of Evaluation (RACE) Conference that was started January
President and Secretary-Treasurer. SIG members may 2000 at Arizona State University. His Relevance of Cul-
self-nominate or submit the names of SIG colleagues ture in Evaluation workshop and Effectiveness of Cul-
using the following steps: ture Specific Pedagogies and Development of Culturally
Responsive Performance Assessments (with Renee
a. Submit nominations, including a paragraph Smith-Maddox, UCLA and Juan Gilbert, Auburn Uni-
statement from the individual providing a ratio- versity) are currently funded by the National Science
nale for desiring to become President or Secre- Foundation. He was selected as a Fellow of the Ameri-
tary-Treasurer by DECEMBER 30, 2002. can Council on Education for 2001-2002.
b. Drs. Carol Camp Yeakey and Ronald Henderson He has served on the Education Psychology faculty of
are the Nomination Committee handling the Northern Illinois University and as an Assessment Spe-
election. Nominations should be directed to Dr. cialist and Program Evaluator for the Illinois State Board
Yeakey at of Education. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Political
Science and a Masters in Guidance and Counseling from
c. The individuals nominated, their rationales for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He holds a
pursuing the offices, and the ballots will be pub- doctorate in Education from the University of Illinois at
lished in the SIG’s January newsletter. A return Urbana-Champaign.
envelope for the ballot will also accompany the
newsletter. He is the author or co-author of more than 25 journal
articles, book chapters, and monographs. He has also
d. SIG members are asked to complete and mail presented more than 40 papers at national and interna-
ballots to Dr. Camp Yeakey by FEBRUARY 28, tional conferences (20 presented at AERA annual meet-
2003. ings). His recent scholarly publications have primarily
focused on the importance of culture in educational as-
e. The results of the election will be announced in sessment and program evaluation. One of his recent
the March newsletter and at the Business Meet- publications reports on the untold legacy of African
ing in Chicago. American practitioners and scholars in educational eval-
uation during the l930's, l940's and l950's. He has also
These procedures will ensure that only SIG members served as a program evaluation and testing consultant to
elect officers. They are also consistent with the processes state departments of education, school districts, universi-
used in most AERA general elections. ties, foundations, and regional educational laboratories.
The election will occur prior to the SIG Business Meeting He began his membership as a doctoral student in l981
in Chicago. In this issue of the newsletter, you will find a and has been member of the SIG: Research Focus on
list of all members. Only those who have paid their SIG Black Education since l984.
and AERA dues will be eligible to vote for officers.
His service in SIG/RFBE and AERA include:
Nominees for 2003 SIG Positions
-Co-Features Editor for the Educational Researcher,
2004-2006
There was one candidate nominated for the position of -Member, Editorial Boards for the American Educa-
President of the SIG: Stafford Hood at Arizona State tional Research Journal and Review of Educational Re-
University. For the position of Secretary/Treasurer, we search
have two nominees: Dianne L. Hall Mark at Central -SIG/RFBE Co-Program Chair for l997,l998 and l999
Michigan University and Barbara Ivory Williams at Annual Meetings
Westat. -Member, AERA Book Awards Committee (l999 and
2000)
The biographical sketches follow: -Division G (Social Context) Nominations Committee,
Dr. Stafford Hood is an Associate Professor of Coun- Chair, 2000 and 2001
seling/Counseling Psychology in the Division of Psy- -Division D (Measurement and Research Methodology)
chology in Education at Arizona State University where -Member, Affirmative Action Committee, (Chair
he teaches graduate courses in psychological testing, l989-l995)
program evaluation, and multicultural counseling. He is -Established this division's first mentoring program and
the founding Co-director of the annual national confe- database for graduate students of color.
rence on the Relevance of Assessment and Culture in
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He states, "If elected as President of SIG:RFBE, I see School Health Education Profiles. This contract is pre-
my primary objective as serving the membership and the sently in its fourteenth year. She is also conducting a
purpose for which it was established. My initial thoughts national evaluation of the Safe and Drug Free Schools
about promoting the objectives for the SIG:RFBE in- Program. Prior to her employ at Westat, she was em-
clude but are not limited to the following: to serve as a ployed at Research and Evaluation Associates; the Edu-
resource network for those interested in a research focus cational Testing Service; Far West Laboratory; the
on Black education; to expand the impact of the SIG in Northwest Regional Education Laboratory, and EH
affecting American education policies; to serve as a White & Company. In those positions, she worked pri-
source of mentors for young professional educational marily as an evaluator and/or trainer. A former teacher
researchers; to serve as a source for collegiality and sup- in the Detroit Public Schools, she has also taught re-
port for its members; and, to promote educational re- search seminars at Howard University and San Francisco
search by African American researchers and scholars." State University.
Dianne L. Hall Mark is the Interim Associate Dean in Having been a member of both AERA and the SIG: Re-
the College of Education and Human Services at Central search Focus on Black Education since the l970's, she
Michigan University. She has taught Foundations of has remained active through the present time. Since the
Education and Technology in the Classroom in the De- l970s, she has missed only two annual meetings, so that
partment of Teacher Education and Professional Devel- if elected, she states "I will be here to serve. Further, I
opment. She received her terminal degree from SUNY- have the requisite skills necessary to take on the job of
Buffalo and worked at Drake University in Des Moines, Secretary-Treasurer, since I am highly organized, I have
Iowa as an assistant professor and Director of the Career the accuracy required for this position, and I am an ex-
Opportunity Program. In her present position as Interim cellent communicator." She adds, "I want to continue to
Associate Dean, her duties include working with col- contribute to the success of the SIG and the strong viable
lege/department budgets, facilitation of several commit- organization that is has become." Throughout the years,
tees and overseeing instructional centers. She has the she has served on various committees in the SIG and in
ability to manage complex academic organizations with- the larger AERA organizational structure.
in her unit and work effectively with colleagues within
her unit and across the campus. She has been a member
of AERA since l989.
Announcements
Barbara Ivory Williams received her Ph.D. in Educa-
tional Psychology (Measurement) in l973 from the Uni- AERA 2003 Conference
versity of Washington. Presently she is the Associate
Director of Education Studies at Westat, a contract- "Accountability for Educational Quality:
research firm in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Shared Responsibility"
In that position, she is responsible for the administration April 21-25, 2003
of research contracts from two agencies, the Centers for Chicago, Illinois
Disease Control and Prevention and the US Department Check www.aera.net for additional details
of Education. More specifically, she directs a $7 million
technical assistance contract that helps states and local
jurisdictions conduct Youth Risk Behavior Surveys and
Current Members List
Following is the current list of SIG members. Please check for your name, as this list will be used by the Nominating Commit-
tee to certify ballots.
Adams, Cynthia, Alston, Judy Barham, Wilton
Addison, Kecia, Alvarez, Diane Barnes, Mary
Adedoyin, Kimberly Aminata, Ojore Beckans, Diben
Akingbola, Elizabeth Anderson, Eugene Benson, Angela
Alexander, Cordelia Ayanaba, Muriel Berry, Robert
Alexander, Dorothy Bakari, Rosenna Berry, Theodora
Allen, LaVerne Ball, Arnetha Black, Shawntain
Allen, Walter Banks, James Blake, J. Herman
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Blancett, Wanda Epps, Carolyn Irvine, Jackie
Boelter, Christina Epstein, Terrie Jackson, Barbara
Booker, Enomwoyi Eubanks, Eugene Jackson, Henry
Bowman, Joseph Farouk, Mohammed Jackson, Jerlando
Boykin, Wesley Favor, Kevin Jackson-Mino, Marquita
Branch, Andre Fisher, Teresa Jarvis, Carolyn
Brock, Rochelle Flaxman, Erwin Jennings, Michael
Brook-Buck, Judith Ford, Barbara Johnson, Charlene
Brown, Brenda Foster, Michele Johnson, Elmina
Brown, Enora Franklin, V. P. Johnson, Florence
Brown, Johnny Freeman, Kassie Johnson, Judith
Brown, M. Christopher Frierson, Henry Johnson, Ruth
Brunner, C. Cryss Fultz, Michael Johnson, Yvonne
Burt, Janeula Furtrell, Mary Jones, Vinella
Butchart, Ronald Gadsden, Vivian Jones-Scott, Diane
Butler, Patricia Gaines, Leonard Jordan, Will
Byndloss, D. Crystal Garibaldi, Antoine Jorissen, Kathleen
Charles, Harold Gaskins, Denise Joseph, Roberto
Camp Yeakey, Carol Gasman, Marybeth Kelly, Michelle
Carroll, Grace Gaston, Joy Key, Shirley
Carter, Deborah Gay, Geneva King, Joyce
Carter, Melanie Gillborn, David King, Kimberly
Cathey-Pugh, Janet Glenn, Beverly King-Berg, R. Yvette
Causey, Tammie Glenn, Robert La Vonne, Neal
Chacon, Tonya Glover, Erskine Ladson-Billings, Gloria
Chappell, Michele Gooden, Mark Larke, Patricia
Choppin, Jeffrey Gordon, Beverly Layden, Susan
Chubbock, Sharon Grant, Carl Lease, Katherine
Chunn, Eva Grant, Joyce Lee, Carol
Clark, Kevin Grant, Rachel Lemons-Smith, Shonda
Clark, Linelle Gray, LaRuth Leonard, Jacqueline
Clark, Sanya Grayson, Dolores Lewis, Karla
Clarke-Yapi, Marcia Green, Anna Lindsay, Beverly
Cleckley, Dana Green, Paul Lockhart, Calandra
Cocran-Smith, Marilyn Griffen Jr., James Long, John
Collins, Jane Grimes, Paul Lott Jr., Joe
Conrad, Francina Hale, Rosalind Lovett-Daniels, Heidi
Cosby, Reva Hardy, Virginia Lowden, Frances
Cosby, Roger Harpolani, Vinay Lynn, Marvin
Covington, Myrna Harris, April Maldonado, Cecelia
Craven, Rhonda Harris, Charlotte Manswell Bult, Jo-Anne
Crichlow, Warren Harris, Sandra Mark, Dianne
Cummings, Francena Harrison, Louis Martin, Brenda
Dantley, Michael Harris-Phillip, Kimberly Maxwell, Delois
Dawson, Monte Heflin, John McBride, Yolanda
De Gouruille, Richard Henderson, Ronald McClendon, Shederick
Def Slaughter, Diana Hilliard, Asa McCreary, Makeeba
Diggs, Jacquline Hines, S. Maxwell McDonough, Patricia
Dillard, Cynthia Hodge, John McNair, Rodney
Dilworth, Mary Honora, Detris McNeal, Kezia
Dilworth, Paulette Hood, Denice Michel, Claudine
Dixson, Adrienne Hood, Stafford Miller, Fayneese
Donnor, Jamel Hooper, Paul Miller, LaMar
Duncan, Garrett Hopson, Rodney Miller, Susan
Dunklin, Shaftone Horton, Harold Milner, Rich
Durance, Henry Hubbard-Cole, Lady Mims, George
Edgecombe, Nikki Hudley, Cynthia Mitchell, Felicia
Elliott, Paula Hughes, Gerunda Mizell, Linda
Ensighn Jacque Hurley, Eric Morgan, Harry
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Morris, Jerome Sekani, Moyenda Traore, Rosemary
Morris, Vivian Sekayi, Dia Trent, Mildred
Munn, Marlene Shakir, Francine Troutman Jr., Porter
Newman, Kathryn Shapiro, Laura Triplett, Elizabeth
Newsom, Janet Shujaa, Mwalimu Tyries, Bendhsha
Newson, Wayne Siddle Walker, Vanessa Tyson, Cynthia
Nicole, Stephen Simmons, Warren Wakefield, William
Norfles, Nicole Singer, Alan Wallace, Michael
Orange, Carolyn Sizemore, Barbara Walter, Robert
Parker, Laurence Slaughter Defoe, Diana Ware, Fanith
Payne, Charles Smith, Andrea Washington, Lisa
Peagler, Peggy Smith, Harold Watkins, William
Peay, David Smith, Roland Watts Johnson, Yolanda
Perkins, Linda Snarey, John Watts-Taffe, Susan
Pleasants, Heather Soares, Danene Webb-Johnson, Gwen
Pollard, Diane Spencer, Thelma Welch, Olga
Powell, Angeline Spero, Rhonda West, Mary
Pryce, Jean Stanford, Grace Weusi-Puryear, Kofi
Quails, Audrey Stephens, Ana White, Mary Aleta
Rankin, Charles Stevenson, Zollie Williams, Barbara
Ransom, Robert Stewart, Dafina L. Williams, Kevin
Richardson, Jeanita Strickland, Carol Williamson, Joy
Richford, Angela Symonette, Hazel Williams-Smith, Doris
Roberts, Veronica Taliferar, Denise Willingham, Francena
Ross, Joe Tate, William Willis, Madge
Rousseau, Celia Taylor, Edward Wolff, Brenda
Rowley, Stephanie Taylor, Erika Wood, Kathy
Ruiz, Richard Teel, Karen Woods, Jacqueline
Saddler, Sterling Terrell, Shandra Worrell, Frank
Sadler, Joanne Thomas, Christine Wright, Carol
Saldana, Deborah Thompson, Gail Young Patricia
Savage, Carter Thompson, Sheila Young, Lauren
Schuerich, Jim Thorns, Mamie T. Young, Marguerite
Schultz, Aaron Tillman, Linda Zamani, Eboni
Scott-Jones, Diane Torbert-Rich, Ernescia
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Ballot
SELECT ONE PERSON FOR EACH OFFICE AND PLACE A CHECK BY THE NAME.
PRESIDENT
____ Dr. Stafford Hood (Arizona State University)
SECRETARY/TREASURER
____ Dianne L. Hall Mark
____ Barbara Ivory Williams
YOUR NAME_________________________________________
MAIL THIS BALLOT TO:
DR. CAROL CAMP YEAKEY
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
405 EMMET STREET
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22903
THANK YOU!
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