National Board for Education Sciences
May 8-9, 2006 Meeting Agenda
May 8-9, 2006 Meeting Agenda
Location:
Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
For further information, please contact Mary Grace Lucier at (202) 219-2253 or Mary.Grace.Lucier@ed.gov.
All sessions open to the public.
| Monday, May 8, 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 - 4:15 pm | Presentation on New Initiatives to Serve the Needs of Practitioners Grover Whitehurst, Director |
| 4:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Proposal and Discussion of Jointly Sponsored Research Briefings Grover Whitehurst, Director Sonia Chessen |
| 5:00 pm | Recess for Evening |
| Tuesday, May 9, 2006 | |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Review of Prior Day's Activities and Agenda for May 9 Robert Granger |
| 9:15 am - 10:45 am | Research Evidence Needed by State Education Policy Makers: Presentation and Questions John Winn, Commissioner, Florida Board of Education Valerie Woodruff, Secretary of Education, Delaware |
| 10:45 am - 11:00 am | Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Presentation and Discussion of IES Research in the Context of NCLB |
| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Working lunch- Board Ethics Training |
| 12:30 pm - 1:15 pm | Discussion of Annual Report to Congress on IES progress |
| 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm | Report from Subcommittees and Next Steps Robert Granger Subcommittee Conveners |
| 2:00 pm | Adjournment |