The National Academies, Board on Testing and Assessment and The National Academy of Education Workshop for the Department of Education’s Equity and Excellence Commission September 22, 2011 Keck Center Washington, DC
Thursday, September 22
9:00	Welcome, Introductions, and Plans for the Meeting • Robert Hauser, Executive Director, DBASSE • Christopher Edley, Co-Chair, Commission on Equity and Excellence in Education • William Tate, Washington University at St. Louis and Chair, Workshop Steering Committee
9:20	Early Childhood Education
	Steve Barnett, Rutgers	Paper			Presentation
	Larry Picus, University of Southern California, Workshop Steering Committee	Paper			Presentation
	Each presenter has been given a set of questions to address in a full-length paper (see agenda supplement for the questions). Each presenter will have 7 minutes to briefly summarize the information in the paper.
	Moderated Discussion
	Moderators: • Valerie Lee, University of Michigan, Workshop Steering Committee • William Tate, Washington University at St. Louis and Chair, Workshop Steering Committee
	The discussion session is intended to allow time to delve more deeply into the issues covered by the presenter and will allow Commission members to learn more about the evidence available on each topic. Moderators will handle a question and answer session with the presenter by posing questions to the presenter and fielding questions from Commission members and Workshop Steering Committee members. [This same format will be followed for the remaining topics.]
10:20	Break
10:35	Teacher Professional Development
	Judith Warren Little, University of California at Berkeley		Paper		Presentation
	Moderated Discussion
	Moderators: • Valerie Lee, University of Michigan, Workshop Steering Committee • David Monk, Pennsylvania State University, Workshop Steering Committee
11:35	Effectiveness of High-Stakes Consequences Attached to Test Results
	Kevin Lang, Boston University (by video conference)				Presentation
	Brian Stecher, RAND (by video conference)				Presentation
	Moderated Discussion
	Moderators: • Mark Dynarski, Pemberton Research, Workshop Steering Committee • Larry Picus, University of Southern California, Workshop Steering Committee
12:35	Working Lunch
1:35	Programs for English Learners
	Patricia Gándara, University of California at Los Angeles	Paper			Presentation
	Moderated Discussion
	Moderators: • David Francis, University of Houston, Workshop Steering Committee • William Tate, Washington University at St. Louis and Chair, Workshop Steering Committee
2:35	Special Education Programs
	Moderator: • David Francis, University of Houston, Workshop Steering Committee
	Discussion of paper by Louis Danielson and AIR colleagues				Paper
2:50	Fostering Ongoing Research and Policy Attention on Equity Issues
	Michael Feuer, George Washington University	Paper			Presentation
	Robert Hauser, National Research Council
	Moderated Discussion
	Moderators: • Mark Dynarski, Pemberton Research, Workshop Steering Committee • David Monk, Pennsylvania State University, Workshop Steering Committee
	Discussion of ideas for a board that would have an on-going role in publishing and making available research on indicators of equity.
3:20	Break
3:35	Making Inferences from International Comparisons
	• Mark Dynarski, Pemberton Research, Workshop Steering Committee • David Monk, Pennsylvania State University, Workshop Steering Committee
	Discussion of paper by Larry Suter, National Science Foundation.				Paper
4:00	Panel Discussion: Main Messages and Synthesis
	Moderator: William Tate, Washington University at St. Louis and Chair, Workshop Steering Committee
	Each Workshop Steering Committee member will take 5-10 minutes to summarize and synthesize the main messages from the day’s discussions. The focus will be on highlighting evidence on (1) effective strategies, (2) ineffective strategies, (3) the resources required to implement effective strategies, (4) the equity issues raised, and (5) the policy implications. This will be followed by final discussion with Commission members.
5:00	Adjourn