Grade 12 Webinar for Business Leaders on Dec. 8

WHAT ARE THE 12TH GRADE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS IN YOUR STATE?

As a business leader seeking the best-qualified workers, you have a vested interest in the education of today's 12th graders. What are their skills in math and reading?

Please join us for a 45-minute business community webinar on the results of The Nation's Report Card and how they might relate to academic preparedness for postsecondary education and training. Baseline data for states and national comparisons will be presented.

For the first time, state representative 12th grade achievement data in reading and mathematics will be available for 11 pioneering states:

Arkansas
Connecticut
Florida
Idaho

Illinois
Iowa
Massachusetts
New Hampshire

New Jersey
South Dakota
West Virginia

THE NATION'S REPORT CARD —
GRADE 12: READING AND MATHEMATICS 2009
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
The only nationally representative and
continuing measure of student achievement

Business Community Webinar

Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Time: 11:00 AM EST

Presenters:

Lloyd Jackson, President
  Jackson Management Company
Mitchell D. Chester, Commissioner of Elementary and
  Secondary Education
  Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cornelia Orr, Executive Director
  National Assessment Governing Board

For more information about this event please contact
Jillian Moskovitz at jmoskovitz@reingold.com.

For more information about the National Assessment Governing Board and
The Nation's Report Card visit www.nagb.org.