Twenty-Five Years of Educational Research

As President of The American Educational Research Association I have been trying to take stock of what we have accomplished during the past quarter of a century. Such stock taking tells as much about the person doing the inventory as it does about the field. Although the President (now Past President) of an organization may believe that his role gives him access to more information and a more objective perspective than is available to others, this is probably one of the delusions fostered by the office.