High School Dropout, Graduation, and Completion Rates: Better Data, Better Measures, Better Decisions (2011)
Chapter: Appendix A: Workshop Agenda and Participants
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Workshop Agenda and Participants
AGENDA
October 23, 2008
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9:45 am |
Welcome, Overview of the Workshop Robert Hauser, National Research Council, Washington, DC, and University of Wisconsin, Madison, Chair |
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Why are indicators of dropout and completion rates important for policy and practice? Moderator: Elaine Allensworth, Consortium on Chicago School Research (committee member) |
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10:00 |
Presentations
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11:30 |
Break |
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11:45 |
Discussants/Reactors How are these rates used? What are the challenges associated with collecting the needed data? |
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12:15 pm |
Discussion with the Committee Discussion Leader: Russell Rumberger, University of California, Santa Barbara (committee member) |
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What are the key points the committee should consider in making recommendations about these rates? |
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12:45 |
Working lunch to continue discussion of key issues |
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Calculating the rates: What decisions are required, what data are required, what are the different ways of calculating the rates, and what are their strengths and weaknesses? Moderator: Lavan Dukes, Florida Department of Education (committee member) |
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1:45 |
Presentations
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2:45 |
Break |
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3:00 |
Discussants Aaron Pallas, Teachers College, Columbia University Chris Swanson, Editorial Projects in Education |
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3:40 |
Discussion with the Committee Discussion Leader: Robert Hauser |
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What are the key points the committee should consider in making recommendations about these rates? |
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4:30 |
Adjourn |
October 24, 2008
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8:30 am |
Working continental breakfast to review goals of workshop |
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9:00 |
Welcome, Overview of the Day’s Plan Robert Hauser |
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How can states build and maintain robust longitudinal data systems for collecting the requisite data to compute these indicators and to improve these outcomes? Moderator: Rob Warren |
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9:15 |
Presentations
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11:00 |
Break |
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11:15 |
Discussants Deborah Newby, U.S. Department of Education Robin Taylor, Delaware Department of Education |
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11:45 |
Discussion with the Committee Discussion Leader: Robert Hauser |
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What are the key points the committee should consider in making recommendations about these rates? |
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12:15 pm |
Working lunch to continue discussion of key issues |
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How can the data from these systems be used to improve policy and practice? Moderator: Lavan Dukes |
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1:15 |
Presentations
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2:15 |
Discussants David Wakelyn, National Governors Association Ana Sol Gutiérrez, Maryland State Legislature |
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3:00 |
Discussion with the Committee Discussion Leader: Elaine Allensworth |
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What are the key points the committee should consider in making recommendations about these rates? |
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3:30 |
Break |
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3:45 |
Synthesis of main messages Discussion Leader: Robert Hauser |
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4:30 |
Adjourn |
PARTICIPANTS
Elaine Allensworth, Consortium on Chicago School Research
Alyssa Alston, Council of Chief State School Officers
Jason Amos, Alliance for Excellent Education
Robert Balfanz, Johns Hopkins University
James Bergeron, U.S. Congress, House Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Wesley Bruce, Indiana Department of Education
Mike Casserly, Council of Greater City Schools
Christopher Chapman, U.S. Department of Education
Robert Curtin, Massachusetts Department of Education
Elizabeth Demarest, SRI
G. Lavan Dukes, Florida Department of Education
Mark Dynarski, Mathematica
Noelle Ellerson, American Association of School Administrators
Stuart Elliott, National Research Council
Meredith Farace, U.S. Department of Education
Michael Feuer, National Research Council
Rebecca Fitch, U.S. Department of Education
Daria Hall, Education Trust
Andrew Halpern-Manners, University of Minnesota
Robert Hauser, National Research Council, and University of Wisconsin, Madison
Kati Haycock, Education Trust
Jeanine Hildreth, Baltimore City Schools
David Hoff, Education Week
Lee Hoffman, U.S. Department of Education
Judith Koenig, National Research Council
Dan Losen, Civil Rights Project, University of California, Los Angeles
Lawrence Mishel, Economics Policy Institute
Patricia Morison, National Research Council
Deborah Newby, U.S. Department of Education
Lynn Olsen, Education Week
Aaron Pallas, Teachers College, Columbia University
Lyndsay Pinkus, Alliance for Excellent Education
Mel Riddile, National Association of Secondary School Principals
Richard Rothstein, Economics Policy Institute
Russell Rumberger, University of California, Santa Barbara
Bill Smith, Sioux Falls School District, South Dakota (by phone)
Nancy Smith, Data Quality Campaign
Ana Sol Gutiérrez, Maryland State Legislature
Andrea Solarz, National Academy of Education
Chris Swanson, Editorial Projects in Education
Robin Taylor, Delaware Department of Education
David Wakelyn, National Governors Association
John Robert Warren, University of Minnesota
Gregory White, National Academy of Education
