2010 SHEEO Conference

WHO:

• Ronnie Musgrove, former Governor of Mississippi and chairman of the NAEP 12^th Grade Preparedness Commission

• Ray Fields, Assistant Director for Policy and Research, National Assessment Governing Board

WHAT:
Described the Governing Board's program of research to make NAEP an indicator of 12^th grade students' preparedness for postsecondary education and training.

WHEN:
The State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)
Higher Education Policy Conference
Friday, August 13, 2010
Providence, R.I.
http://www.sheeo.org

WHY:
Appointed by the National Assessment Governing Board, www.nagb.org, the NAEP 12^th Grade Preparedness Commission's goal is to increase awareness of the importance of preparing students academically for postsecondary education and training, as measured by NAEP.

BACKGROUND:
The presentation was a special session moderated by Charles Lenth, Vice President for Policy Analysis and Academic Affairs, SHEEO: "Are 12^th Grade Students Academically Prepared for College? What the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Is Doing to Find Out"