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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Key National Education Indicators: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13453.
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Appendix A
Workshop Agenda

Workshop on Key National Education Indicators
Keck Center, Room 101
500 Fifth St., NW
Washington DC
January 27-28, 2012

Friday, January 27

9:30-10:00 Opening Session to Lay Out the Context and Goals for the Workshop

•   Welcome, Introductions, Context for the Workshop

 Robert Hauser, Executive Director, DBASSE

 Chris Hoenig, Senior Advisor to the Presidents, NAS

•   Overview of the Agenda, Discussion of the Framework

  David Breneman, University of Virginia, Steering Committee Chair

  Diana Pullin, Boston College, Steering Committee

10:00-12:15   Indicators for the K-12 Stage

Moderators:

Henry Braun, Boston College, Steering Committee

Diana Pullin, Boston College, Steering Committee

     10:00 Panel Discussion

•   Elaine Allensworth, Consortium on Chicago School Research, Steering Committee

•   Mark Dynarski, Pemberton Research, Steering Committee

•   Brian Gill, Mathematica

•   Robert Pianta, University of Virginia

•   Rob Warren, University of Minnesota, Steering Committee

11:00-11:15  Break

           11:15  Moderated Discussion

12:15-1:15    Working Lunch

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Key National Education Indicators: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13453.
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1:15-3:15      Indicators for the Higher Education Stage

Moderators:

David Breneman, University of Virginia, Steering Committee
Lisa Lynch, Brandeis University, Steering Committee

1:15     Panel Discussion

•   Kevin Dougherty, Columbia University

•   University Laura Perna, University of Pennsylvania

•   Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, MDRC

•   Pat Terenzini, Pennsylvania State University

•   William Tierney, University of Southern California

2:15    Moderated Discussion

3:15-3:30     Break

3:30-5:15

Indicators for Other Postsecondary Education/Training: Panel Discussion

Moderators:

Allan Collins,

Lisa Lynch Northwestern University, Steering Committee, Brandeis University, Steering Committee

3:30

Panel Discussion

•   Judy Alamprese, Abt Associates

•   Marshall S. Smith, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

•   David Stern, University of California, Berkeley

4:15

Moderated Discussion

5:15

Adjourn for the Day

Saturday, January 28

8:30–10:30

Indicators for the Preschool Stage

Moderators:

Elaine Allensworth, Consortium for Chicago School Research, Steering Committee

Ana Sol Gutierrez, Maryland State Legislature, Steering Committee

8:30

Panel Discussion

•   Steve Barnett, Rutgers and National Institute for Early Education Research

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Key National Education Indicators: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13453.
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•   Margaret Burchinal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

•   Sue Sheridan, University of Nebraska

•   Deborah Vandell, University of California at Irvine

9:30

Moderated Discussion

10:30-10:45

Break

10:45-12:15

Indicators for Lifelong, Informal Learning

 
Moderators:

Allan Collins, Northwestern University, Steering Committee
Diana Pullin, Boston College, Steering Committee

 

Panel Discussion

•   Joseph Kahne, Mills College

•   Donald Roberts, Stanford University

•   Elizabeth Stage, Lawrence Hall

11:30

Moderated Discussion

12:15-1:00

Working Lunch

1:00-3:00

Synthesis of Ideas

Moderator:

David Breneman, University of Virginia, Steering Committee

1:00

Panel Discussion

•   Emerson Elliott, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

•   Ronald Ferguson, Harvard University

•   Eugene García, Arizona State University

•   Patricia Graham, Harvard University

•   Marshall S. Smith, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

2:00

Moderated Discussion

Committee members respond to panelists

Discussion with audience members

3:00-3:15

Concluding Comments

3:15

Adjourn Workshop

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2012. Key National Education Indicators: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13453.
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The education system in the United States is continually challenged to adapt and improve, in part because its mission has become far more ambitious than it once was. At the turn of the 20th century, less than one-tenth of students enrolled were expected to graduate from high school. Today, most people expect schools to prepare all students to succeed in postsecondary education and to prosper in a complex, fast-changing global economy. Goals have broadened to include not only rigorous benchmarks in core academic subjects, but also technological literacy and the subtler capacities known as 21st-century skills.

To identify the most important measures for education and other issues and provide quality data on them to the American people, Congress authorized the creation of a Key National Indicators System (KNIS). This system will be a single Web-based information source designed to help policy makers and the public better assess the position and progress of the nation across a wide range of areas. Identifying the right set of indicators for each area is not a small challenge. To serve their purpose of providing objective information that can encourage improvement and innovation, the indicators need to be valid and reliable but they also need to capture the report committee's aspirations for education.

This report describes a workshop, planned under the aegis of the Board on Testing and Assessment and the Committee on National Statistics of the National Research Council. Key National Education Indicators is a summary of the meeting of a group with extensive experience in research, public policy, and practice. The goal of the workshop was not to make a final selection of indicators, but to take an important first step by clearly identifying the parameters of the challenge.

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