Location
Institute of Education Sciences Board Room
1st Floor
80 F Street, NW
Washington, DC
All sessions are open to the public.
Contact
For further information, contact the person below.
Agenda
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
| Times | Activities |
|---|---|
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Call to Order, Approval of Minutes, Approval of Agenda, and Remarks from the National Board for Education Sciences (NBES) Chair and NBES Executive Director Robert Granger, NBES Chair Norma Garza, NBES Executive Director |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Update on Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Grover J. Whitehurst, IES Director |
| 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Update on IES Center Activity IES Commissioners and Staff National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance National Center for Education Research (NCER) National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) |
| 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch Break |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Presentation: IES-Funded Studies Reading First, Beth C. Gamse, Abt Associates |
| 2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Impact Evaluation of Academic Instruction for Afterschool Programs, Fred Doolittle, MDRC |
| 3:00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. | Presentation: Trends in IES Research Anne Ricciuti, Deputy Director for Science |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | IES Evaluation Committee Report Joe Torgesen, NBES Member |
| 4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Summary Views Robert Granger, NBES Chair |
| 4:15 p.m. | Meeting Recess |
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
| Time | Activities |
|---|---|
| 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Review of Prior Day's Activities and Agenda for September 10, 2008 Robert Granger, NBES Chair |
| 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | NCEE Mid-Stream Evaluation Assessment Larry Orr, Independent Consultant; Rebecca Maynard, University of Pennsylvania; Rob Hollister, Swarthmore College |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Five-Year Report Discussion Robert Granger, NBES Chair |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Summary Views and Next Steps Robert Granger, NBES Chair |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Election of NBES Chair and Vice-Chair (Closed Meeting) Robert Granger, NBES Chair |
| 1:00 p.m. | Adjourn |