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National Board for Education Sciences
October 30-31, 2007 Meeting Agenda

Location:
Washington Court Hotel
525 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

All sessions open to the public.

For further information, please contact Mary Grace Lucier at (202) 219-2253 or Mary.Grace.Lucier@ed.gov.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Call to Order, Approval of Minutes, Approval of Agenda,
Chair's Remarks, Introduction of new Board member and Remarks of the Executive Director
Craig T. Ramey, Chair
Norma Garza, NBES Executive Director
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Update on Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
Grover Whitehurst, Director
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Update on IES Center Activity
IES Commissioners and Staff
4:30 pm Adjourn
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
8:30 am - 8:45 am Review of Prior Day's Activities and Agenda for October 31, 2007
Craig T. Ramey, NBES Chair
8:45 am - 9:15 am Discussion of the Evaluation of IES
9:15 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am Communication Committee Report
Jerry Lee, NBES Member
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Legislation Committee Report
Beth Ann Bryan, NBES Member
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion with Secretary Margaret Spellings
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Break for lunch
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Summary Views and Next Steps
Craig T. Ramey, NBES Chair
2:00 pm Adjournment