Participants at a conference on educational research discussed their priorities to determine whether a shared agenda could be developed for educational research in New Zealand. The conference papers are: (1) "Connecting Research and Practice: Buying In or Selling Out" (Barry McGaw) (keynote address); (2) "In Response to Barry McGaw's Keynote Address" (Anne Meade); (3) "Selling No One Short: Connecting Policy and Research in Aotearoa/New Zealand" (Lynne Whitney); (4) "Contextualising the Connections" (Stuart McNaughton); (5) "Users' Expectations: An NZEI Perspective" (Joanna Beresford); (6) "A New Zealand Post Primary Teachers' Association Perspective" (Bronwyn Cross); (7) "A Trustee Viewpoint" (Mark C. Farnsworth); (8) "A Postgraduate Students' Association Perspective" (Farida Tilbury); (9) "Policy Makers' Expectations: Priorities for Educational Research--Ministry of Education" (Howard Fancy); (10) "Policy Makers' Expectations: Education Review Office" (Judith Aitken); (11) "Policy Makers' Expectations: "Te Puni Kokiri" (Paora Howe); (12) "Closing Statement" (Anne Meade); and (13) "Priorities for Educational Research in New Zealand: Notes from Follow-up Workshop, 17 October 1997." Most papers contain references. (Contains four tables.) (SLD)