Media Events, Including Conference Call, Planned to Discuss Reading Results on Nation's Report Card
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
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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