This article describes how the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension Service
(CES) might serve as a model for improving the dissemination of education research and
development results. It is based on a paper prepared for the House Subcommittee on Select
Education in the U.S. Congress, to assist the reauthorization of the Office of Educational
Research and Improvement (OERI) in the U.S. Department of Education. After reviewing the
distinctive aspects of each dissemination system, the author lists various features of CES that
might be replicated and others that should be avoided.
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