Join the National Assessment Governing Board and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) for a virtual event with discussion and analysis of the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results in reading and mathematics for grade 12 students.

Beyond NAEP, the event will highlight additional NCES data that lend insights into grade 12 students’ postsecondary plans, choices, and pathways.

Governing Board members also will answer questions posed by leaders in secondary education, higher education, and workforce development.

Agenda

Welcome and Introduction

Gov. Haley Barbour, chair, National Assessment Governing Board

Laura LoGerfo, assistant director for reporting and analysis, National Assessment Governing Board

What Do We Know About Grade 12 Students?

James Lynn Woodworth, commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics

Presentation of 2019 Grade 12 NAEP Results

Peggy Carr, associate commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics
Audience questions

What’s Next for America’s High School Students?

Alberto Carvalho, member, National Assessment Governing Board; superintendent, Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Paul Gasparini, member, National Assessment Governing Board; principal, Jamesville-DeWitt High School

Reginald McGregor, member, National Assessment Governing Board; manager, Engineering Employee Development & STEM Outreach, Rolls-Royce Corp

Special guest questioners:

Elisha Smith Arrillaga, executive director, Education Trust – West

Crystal Bridgeman, senior director of workforce development programs, Siemens Foundation

Chauncy Lennon, vice president of learning and work, Lumina Foundation

Michael Petrilli, president, Thomas B. Fordham Institute