The U.S. Department of Education is considering the development of a uniform dissemination
system for its component bureaus. The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), although a part of the Department, is more closely tied to medical research
and less involved with the traditional state and local education audiences of the other parts of
the department. This article describes lessons learned by NIDRR in its various dissemination
activities that might be useful to an overall system.
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