Date sent: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 02:18:35 -0600 (CST)
From: LindaP (Texas)
Subject: Goals panel advisory groups- Tucker


>Subject: Goals panel advisory groups- Tucker
>
>January 9, 1991

> 
>Goals Panel Creates Advisory 'Resource Groups'
>
>Washington--The National Education Goals Panel has announced the creation of
>five
>resource groups that will advise it on options for its annual report card to
>the nation.
>The first report card is scheduled to be released in September.
>The resource groups include recognized experts in educational assessment and
>measurement in specific goals areas.
>Each resource group has been asked to consider interim measures that might be
>used in
>September to report on progress toward the goals; measures that need to be
>developed to
>provide "fair, constructive assessment" of progress toward the goals until
>the year 2000;
>and potential formats for the initial report card.
>The groups' final reports are due Feb. 15. Task-force members are:
>Resource Group on School Readiness: Ernest Boyer, Carnegie Foundation for the
>Advancement of Teaching (convener); James Comer, Child Studies Center, Yale
>University; Sam Meisels, Center for Human Growth and Development, University
>of
>Michigan; Lucille Newman, school of medicine, Brown University; Doug Powell,
>department of child development and family studies, Purdue University; James
>Wilsford,
>Orangeburg (S.C.) School District No. 5; and Nicholas Zill, Child Trends.
>Resource Group on Student Achievement: Lauren Resnick, Learning Research and
>Development Center, University of Pittsburgh (convener); Gordon Ambach,
>Council of
>Chief State School Officers; Chester E. Finn Jr., Educational Excellence
>Network, Vanderbilt
>University; Asa Hilliard, college of education, Georgia State University;
>David Hornbeck,
>consultant; Richard Mills, Vermont State Department of Education; Tom
>Payzant, San
>Diego public schools; Claire Pelton, San Jose (Calif.) Unified School
>District; Terry K.
>Peterson, Business-Education Subcommittee of the South Carolina Education
>Improvement Act; and Marshall Smith, school of education, Stanford
>University.
>Resource Group on Mathematics and Science Achievement: Alvin Trivelpiece, Oak
>Ridge
>National Laboratory (convener); Iris Carl, Houston Independent School
>District; Linda
>Darling-Hammond, Teachers' College, Columbia University; Edward Haertel,
>school of
>education, Stanford University; Key Lay, International Business Machines
>Corporation;
>Mike Nettles, University of Tennessee; and Senta Raizen, National Center for
>Improving
>Science Education.
>Resource Group on Literacy and Lifelong Learning: Mark Musick, Southern
>Regional
>Education Board (convener); Paul Barton, Educational Testing Service; Forrest
>Chisman,
>Southport Institute; Peter Ewell, National Center for Higher Education
>Management Syste
>ms; Patsy Fulton, Brookhaven College; James R. Morris Jr., South Carolina
>State Board for
>Technical and Comprehensive Education; William Spring, Federal Reserve Bank
>of
>Boston; Tom Sticht, Applied Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences; and Marc
>Tucker,
>National Center for Education and the Economy.
>Resource Group on Safe and Drug-Free Schools: Joseph Fernandez, New York City
>public
>schools (convener); Constance Clayton, Philadelphia public schools; Delbert
>Elliott,
>Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado; David Hawkins,
>Social
>Development Research Group, University of Washington; and Lloyd Johnston,
>Institute
>for Social Research, University of Michigan.--lo