OVERSIGHT OF QUALITY IN EDUCATION: REPORT OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION
SUBCOMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION, ARTS AND HUMANITIES
LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES
UNITED STATES SENATE
NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS
EXAMINATION OF THE REPORT OF THE NATIONAL
COMMISSION ON EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION
JULY 21, 26; SEPTEMBER 22 AND 29, 1983
Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah, Chairman
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
DAN QUAYLE, Indiana
DON NICKLES, Oklahoma
GORDON J. HUMPHREY, New Hampshire
JEREMIAH DENTON, Alabama
LOWELL P. WEICKER, JR., Connecticut
CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa
JOHN P. EAST, North Carolina
PAULA HAWKINS, Florida
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan
HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio
SPARK M. MATSUNAGA, Hawaii
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut
RONALD F. DOCKSAI, Staff Director
KATHRYN O'L. HIGGINS, Minority Staff Director
SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, Arts and HUMANITIES
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont, Chairman
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah
DAN QUAYLE, Indiana
JEREMIAH DENTON, Alabama
LOWELL P. WEICKER, JR., Connecticut
JOHN P. EAST, North Carolina
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut
POLLY GAULT, Professional Staff Member
David V. EVANS, Minority Professional Staff Member
Ball, Joan, president, New York State Congress of Parents and Teachers,
prepared statement...
Breslauer, Gail, Fayston Elementary School, Fayston, Vt.; Sue H. Talbot,
University Elementary School, Bloomington, Ind.; and Margaret Brown,
Argonaut Continuation High School, Sacramento, Calif..
Prepared statement
Brown, Margaret, science teacher, Argonaut High School, Sacramento, Calif.,
prepared statement.....
Crim, Alonzo A., superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools, Atlanta, Ga.; Ken-
neth Frank Scholtz, principal, Hampton High School, Allison Park, Pa.; and
James L. Doud, principal, Malcolm Price Laboratory School, Cedar Falls,
Iowa.
Doud, James L., principal, Malcolm Price Laboratory School, Cedar Falls,
Iowa, prepared statement.
Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah, prepared
Jones, Robert R., president, Mississippi Congress of Parents and Teachers,
prepared statement..
Scholtz, Kenneth Frank, principal, Hampton High School, Allison Park, Pa.,
prepared statement...
Talbot, Sue H., teacher, University Elementary School, Bloomington, Ind.,
prepared statement..
Weil, Nellie C., member, Montgomery County Board of Education, Montgom-
ery, Ala.; Robert R. Jones, president, Mississippi Congress of Parents and
Teachers; and Joan Ball, president, New York State Congress of Parents
and Teachers.........
Prepared statement
Ambach, Gordon M., commissioner of education, New York State Education
Department, Albany, N.Y.; Ruth Randall, commissioner of education, Min-
nesota Department of Education, St. Paul, Minn.; Joyce Benjamin, Oregon
State Board of Education, Portland, Oreg.; and Ann Leavenworth, Califor-
nia State Board of Education, Santa Cruz, Calif., a panel.
Baker, William O., commissioner, National Commission on Excellence in
Education and chairman of the board (retired), Bell Telephone Laborato-
ries, Murray Hill, N.J., and Michael Walsh, director of personnel, Conti
Commodity Services, Chicago, Ill...........................
Benjamin, Joyce Homes, member, Oregon State Board of Education, prepared
statement (with enclosures)..
Foley, Daniel J., senate majority leader, Massachusetts State Senate, Boston,
Mass.; Warren E. Pugh, chairman, senate appropriations committee, Utah
State Senate, Salt Lake City, Utah; and John Mills, chairman, speaker's
task force in mathematics, science, and computer education, Florida House
of Representatives, Gainesville, Fla
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