| WHAT: | Release and discussion of 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. |
| WHO: |
David W. Gordon, Superintendent of Schools, Sacramento County, Calif.;
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, State Superintendent of Schools, West Virginia; Member of the National Assessment Governing Board |
| WHEN: |
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 10-11 a.m. EST |
| WHERE: |
National Press Club (First Amendment Room) 529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor Washington, D.C. 20045 |
| CONTACTS: |
Edison Lee, (202) 729-4068, Edison.Lee@ogilvypr.com Kristen Youngblood, (202) 729-4170, Kristen.Youngblood@ogilvypr.com |
The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2009 and additional data collected from the 2009 NAEP reading assessment will be available online at http://nationsreportcard.gov at 10 a.m. EST on March 24. The event will be Webcast live at http://nationsreportcard.gov. A conference call for members of the media will be held at noon EST on March 24 to further discuss the assessment.
The Nation's Report Card is the only nationally representative, continuing evaluation of the condition of education in the United States and has served as a national yardstick of student achievement since 1969. Through the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), The Nation's Report Card informs the public about what America's students know and can do in various subject areas, and compares achievement data between states and various student demographic groups.
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 set policy for NAEP.
