Report Highlights the Performance of 4th- & 8th-Graders Nationally and by State

WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the National Assessment Governing Board:

WHAT:  Multiple release events to discuss The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2009. The results detail the performance of 4th- and 8th-grade students who participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and will be available for the nation as well as all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Experts will be available to discuss the data with media.

WHO:  David W. Gordon, Superintendent of Schools, Sacramento County, California; Reporting and Dissemination Chair of the National Assessment Governing Board

Stuart Kerachsky, Deputy Commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics

Kim Kozbial-Hess, Educational Technology Trainer and Fourth Grade Teacher, Toledo, Ohio; Member of the National Assessment Governing Board

Steven Paine, West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools; Member of the National Assessment Governing Board

CONFERENCE CALL FOR MEDIA ONLY

Media Q&A with release event participants

Wednesday, March 24, 2010, Noon EST

Participant Line: 1-888-791-4321

International callers: 1-719-325-4826

RELEASE EVENT LIVE LISTEN-IN

One-way audio feed of release event

Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 10-11 a.m. EST

Participant Line: 1-877-719-9795

Participant Pass Code: 3570054

RELEASE EVENT

National Press Club (First Amendment Room)

Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 10-11 a.m. EST

529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor

Washington, D.C. 20045

RELEASE EVENT LIVE WEB CAST

One-way video and audio feed of release event

Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 10-11 a.m. EST

http://nationsreportcard.gov

NOTE:  Media may request embargoed access to The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2009 and other assessment data on Monday, March 22, 2010.

The National Assessment Governing Board is an independent, bipartisan board whose members include governors, state legislators, local and state school officials, educators, business representatives, and members of the general public. Congress created the 26-member Governing Board in 1988 to oversee and set policy for NAEP.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the only nationally representative, continuing evaluation of the condition of education in the United States.  It has served as a national yardstick of student achievement since 1969. Through The Nation's Report Card, NAEP informs the public about what America's students know and can do in various subject areas, and compares achievement between states, large urban districts, and various student demographic groups.

SOURCE National Assessment Governing Board

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