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- Opening Plenary Session
- Common Core of Data (CCD) Fiscal Coordinators’ Training
- FY12 SLDS Grant Kickoff Meeting
- SLDS Updates and Roundtable Discussions
- Common Core of Data (CCD) Non–Fiscal Coordinators’ Training Session
- Concurrent Session I
- Concurrent Session II
- Concurrent Session III
- Concurrent Session IV
- Concurrent Session V
- Concurrent Session VI
- Concurrent Session VII
- Concurrent Session VIII
- Concurrent Session IX
- Concurrent Session X
- Concurrent Session XI
- Concurrent Session XII
- Keynote Speaker Biographies
- Demonstration Descriptions
- Topic Index
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Opening Plenary Session
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
1:15 – 2:15pm
Welcome and Introductions
Jack Buckley, Commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics
Keynote Speech
Online Race to the Top Assessments: The Successes, the Challenges, and the Promise
Joanne Weiss, Chief of Staff to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Joanne Weiss, Chief of Staff to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, will provide remarks, followed by Q&A, on the online Race to the Top Assessments being developed by two multi-state consortia under grants from the U.S. Department of Education. She will provide an overview of the progress being made, the challenges that lie ahead, and some promising solutions that are beginning to emerge.
Announcements
Renée Rowland, NCES STATS-DC/MIS Conference Manager
National Center for Education Statistics
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