NCES to Host Symposium on Testing Integrity with Live Webcast
On February 28, beginning at 9:00AM EST, NCES will host a Testing Integrity Symposium to identify and discuss important issues in testing integrity. A distinguished body of panelists will share information about best practices that have been used to prevent, detect, and respond to irregularities in academic testing. Panelists will also discuss the role of technology in maintaining testing integrity. A live webcast will broadcast the discussions throughout the day.
FY 2012 RFA for Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems Available
The Fiscal Year 2012 Request for Applications for Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems (CFDA Number: 84.372A) is now available. The deadline for transmittal of applications is December 15, 2011. The application package and instructions for the competition will be available on Grants.gov no later than September 26, 2011. The SLDS program awards grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to design, develop, and implement statewide, longitudinal data systems to efficiently and accurately manage, analyze, disaggregate, and use individual student data.
Data Snapshot
2009 graduates earned an average of 3 credits more over the course of their high school education than 1990 graduates. This translates to about 420 additional hours of instruction during their high school careers.
Fifty-seven percent of eighth-grade AI/AN students in public schools and 55 percent in BIE schools indicated that they planned to go to college full time after high school.
