National Board for Education Sciences
January 23-24, 2007 Meeting Agenda
January 23-24, 2007 Meeting Agenda
Location:
Washington Court Hotel
Springwood Room
525 New Jersey Ave., NW.
Washington, DC 20001
For further information, please contact Mary Grace Lucier at (202) 219-2253 or Mary.Grace.Lucier@ed.gov.
| Tuesday, January 23, 2007 | |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Approval of Minutes, Approval of Agenda, Chair's Remarks, and Remarks of the Executive Director Robert Granger, Chair Sonia Chessen, Former Executive Director |
| 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Update on Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Grover Whitehurst, Director |
| 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm | IES Goals Presentation and Discussion Grover Whitehurst, Director |
| 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | The Role of Research and Evidence-based Practice in
the Reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind and Education Sciences Reform Acts Presentation and Discussion Alex Nock, Director of the Commission on No Child Left Behind The Aspen Institute |
| Wednesday, January 24, 2007 | |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Review of Prior Day's Activities and Agenda for January 24, 2007 Robert Granger |
| 9:15 am - 10:00 am | Election of Board Chair and Discussion of Executive Director Selection (Closed meeting) |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:15 am -11:00 am | Reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act Representative of Secretary Spellings |
| 11:00 am -11:30 am | Evaluation of the Effectiveness of IES in Carrying out Its Priorities and Mission Robert Granger |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 noon | Postsecondary Longitudinal Data Collection Mark Schneider, Commissioner National Center for Education Statistics |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch - Ethics Training Karen Dahlheim, Ethics Division, Office of the General Counsel |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Report from Subcommittees and Next Steps Robert Granger Subcommittee Conveners |
| 2:00 pm | Adjournment |