9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, the Fordham Institute will convene this event with opinion leaders and experts from politics, policy, and the business community to discuss the state of testing and standards in other countries and what lessons America can learn from them. Read our policy brief "International Lessons About National Standards."
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Agenda
8:15 AM: Registration opens and breakfast available
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM: Welcome from Chester E. Finn, Jr., President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
9:15 AM - 9:35 AM: Keynote remarks by Jim Shelton, Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education
9:35 AM - 9:50 AM: Q&A between Finn and Shelton
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Panel 1 - National Standards in Other Nations
Panelists:
William Schmidt, University Distinguished Professor and Co-Director of the Education Policy Center, Michigan State University
Sigrid Blömeke, Full Professor, Humboldt University of Berlin and National Research Coordinator, TEDS-M and MT21
John Hayton, Counsellor (Education) and Director, Australian Education International-North America, Embassy of Australia, Washington, DC (Australia)
Doo-Jung Kim, Professor of Education, Chungnam National University (Korea) and past President, Korean Society for Curriculum Studies
Moderated by: Ben Wildavsky, Senior Fellow, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
11:30 - 12:00 PM: Break for lunch (provided)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Panel 2 - Toward Common Standards for U.S. Schools
Panelists:
Dane Linn, Director, Education Division, National Governors Association
Gene Wilhoit, Executive Director, Council of Chief State School Officers
Moderated by: Michael Petrilli, VP for National Programs and Policy, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Doing National Standards Right
Panelists:
Michael Casserly, Executive Director, Council of the Great City Schools
Michael Cohen, President, Achieve Inc.
Dave Coleman, Founder and CEO, The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill
John Engler, President, National Association of Manufacturers and 46th governor Michigan
Gary Philips, Vice President and Chief Scientist, American Institutes for Research
Stefanie Sanford, Deputy Director, Policy, US Program Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Moderated by: Chester E. Finn, Jr., President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
2:30 PM: Closing remarks
2:40 PM: Reception
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The Capital Hilton
1001 16th Street NW
Congressional/Senate Room
Washington, DC 20036
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RSVP to Christina Hentges at rsvp@edexcellence.net or 202-223-5452.