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National Board for Education Sciences
January 23-24, 2006 Meeting Agenda

Location:
Washington Court Hotel
Atrium Ballroom
525 New Jersey Ave., NW.
Washington, DC 20001

For further information, please contact Mary Grace Lucier.

All sessions open to the public.

Monday, January 23, 2006
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Approval of Minutes, Approval of Agenda, Chair's
Remarks, and Remarks of the Executive Director
Robert Granger, Chair
Sonia Chessen, Executive Director
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Update on Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
Grover Whitehurst, Director
2:45 pm - 4:00 pm Presentation and Discussion of IES Policies and Procedures for the
Peer Review of Grant Applications
Grover Whitehurst
Andrew White, Deputy Director for Science
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Presentation and Discussion of IES Policies and Procedures for the
Peer Review of Reports
Grover Whitehurst
Andrew White
5:00 pm Recess
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
9:00 am - 9:15 am Review of Prior Day's Activities and Agenda for January 24
Robert Granger
9:15 am - 9:45 am Further Discussion /Action on Peer Review Policies and Procedures
Robert Granger
Grover Whitehurst
9:45 am - 10:30 am Research Evidence Needed by Practitioners and Policy Makers:
Presentation and Questions
Michael Casserly, Executive Director
Council of the Great City Schools
10:30 am - 10:45 am Break
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Research Agendas Related to Education in the National Science Foundation
(NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Presentation and Questions
Arden Bement, Director, NSF
Duane Alexander, Director
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
12:00 pm - 1:15pm Working Lunch/ Review of Day's Presentations and Discussions
Robert Granger
Grover Whitehurst
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm Consideration of Board Priorities and Activities for 2006
Robert Granger
2:00 pm Adjourn