Dear Graduate Student Colleagues,

The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) was formed in 2005 to provide an organizational infrastructure that promotes and supports research focused on cause-and-effect relations important for education. As a relatively new professional organization, SREE is interested in bringing together researchers whose work directly focuses upon the field of education. Current SREE members hale from a variety of fields, including education, sociology, psychology, and economics.

In keeping with the mission of SREE, one of our primary goals is to provide opportunities for graduate students whose interests and work focus on understanding cause-and-effect relations important for educational effectiveness. We invite you to join SREE as a graduate student member and encourage you to explore the ways in which this vibrant new organization may help advance your ambitions as a researcher focused on providing research-based answers to questions important for educational effectiveness.

The information provided below describes some of the benefits of becoming an SREE graduate student member and provides a link to our membership registration web page. Additionally, if you are interested in committing time and ideas that will further develop SREE’s Graduate Student Organization, please contact either Scott Campbell (smc7@cornell.edu) or Charles Igel (cci7p@virginia.edu).

SREE Graduate Student Events and Activities
The following events and activities will be available to SREE Student Members:

• Membership in a community interested advancing research focused on cause-and-effect relations in the field of education.
• Participation in an annual national conference devoted to cause-and-effect education research with the following events focused specifically on graduate students:
  • Training opportunities
  • Mentoring opportunities
  • Receptions and dinners – including a talk on employment opportunities.
  • Poster sessions
  • Specific events where graduate students will have opportunities to meet, and speak with, experienced researchers in small group settings.
• Opportunities to participate in the governance of SREE’s Graduate Student Organization.
• A web-based graduate student directory on SREE’s official web site that contains the contact information and structured abstracts of individual students.

What does a one year SREE Student Membership cost?
The cost for a one year SREE Student Membership is $85.00.

How can you join SREE?
Current Student Members of SREE, and individuals who join SREE as Student Members, are eligible to participate in SREE's Graduate Student Organization. We invite graduate students to join SREE via our membership web site:

www.educationaleffectiveness.org/pages/membership/student.shtml

Where can you find more information?
We are excited about the potential that SREE offers current graduate students and invite you to learn more about us via three sources:

Source 1:
SREE’s web site: www.educationaleffectiveness.org

Source 2:
You can also learn more about SREE via two articles published in Education Week:

New Group of Researchers Focuses on Scientific Study
Debra Viadero. Education Week. Washington: Feb 1, 2006. Vol.25, Iss. 21; pg. 1, 2 pgs

Breakaway Education Research Group Pulls From Diverse Disciplines
Debra Viadero. Education Week. Washington: Dec 20, 2006. Vol. 26, Iss. 16; pg. 11, 1 pgs

Source 3:
SREE’s 2006 Invitational Conference web site
"Research on Educational Effectiveness: Significant Findings and Critical Gaps"

Date: Sunday, December 10th through Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
Location: Lansdowne Resort, Leesburg, Virginia

www.educationaleffectiveness.org/conferences/2006/

Alternatively, if you have specific questions, please feel free to contact us directly.

Sincerely,
Charles Igel, SREE GSO Co-Chair
University of Virginia, PhD Candidate
cci7p@virginia.edu

Scott Campbell, SREE GSO Co-Chair
Cornell University, PhD Candidate
smc7@cornell.edu