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Conference Agenda
Date and Time Event
Thursday February 1
12 to 5 pm Pre-Meeting – Implementation and Dissemination Sites only (Agenda)
5:00 Registration
6:00  Reception
7:00 “How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice" Suzanne Donovan, National Research Council
(Transcript, includes introductions from M.Smith and G. Salinger, )
Friday February 2
7:45 am Continental breakfast
8:30 Welcome
8:35 The Assessment Landscape: What are the issues and what do we know? Mike Feuer, National Academy of Science
9:45 Mathematics Curriculum and Implementation Project Showcase
11:30 Lunch
12:00 pm The Glenn Commission Report Linda Rosen, National Alliance of Business (Powerpoint Presentation, 110 KB)
1:00
Science Session:
Student Achievement and School Accountability: 
What are Students Learning?
1:00  Case Study: The Assessment of Student Achievement in an Inquiry Centered Science Program
Mike Klentschy, El Centro School District, California (Abstract) (Powerpoint Presentation, 5.56 MB )
2:30  Assessment of Student Learning of Physics 
Kelvin Gregory, International Studies Center, Boston College (Presentation Notes and Figures, 471 KB)
3:00  Break
3:10  Anders Hedberg, Bristol Meyers Squibb
4:00 Adjourn
Math Session: 
Implementing Innovative Programs:
What are the Issues and What Have We Learned?
Math Center and Satellite staffs meet separately to work on their own agenda (each will have an assigned meeting room):
    * ARC Center and Satellites
    * Show-Me Center and Satellites
    * COMPASS Center and Satellites
K-12 MCC will rotate among grade-band center meetings in order to meet with each.
4:00 Debriefing with session organizers and recorders only
5:30 Bus Transportation to the Smithsonian Castle
6:00 Reception, Smithsonian Castle Great Hall
7:00 Dinner, Smithsonian Castle Commons. 
Getting the Job Done: A Corporate Perspective
Anders Hedberg, Bristol-Myers Squibb 
9:00 Bus Transportation back to Crystal City Hilton
Saturday February 3
7:45 am Continental breakfast
8:30
Science Session:
Implementing Innovative Programs: What are the Issues and What Have We Learned?
Science Curriculum Developers and Implementation Sites Meet (Agenda TBD)
Math Session:
Student Achievement and School Accountability: What are Students Learning?
The Impact of Two Standards-Based Mathematics Curricula on Student Achievement in Massachusetts
Julie Riordan, The Noyce Foundation
Abstract
What We Have Learned about Curriculum Development Research
Zalman Usiskin, University of Chicago
Abstract
9:45 Science Curriculum Showcase
11:30 Lunch
12:00 pm New Directions in NSF
Jane Butler Kahle, National Science Foundation
1:00 Professional Development Models: What are the issues and what have we learned?
Cary Sneider, Museum of Science
Iris Weiss, Horizon Research (Presentation Slides (PDF), 50 KB)
4:30 Adjourn
Sunday February 4
7:45 Continental Breakfast
8:00 Electronic Technology Showcase
Andrew Zucker, MathLab
Abstract
Lisa Bievenue, Richard D. Braatz
ChemViz II: A Visual High School 
Abstract
Chemistry Curriculum
Paul Horwitz, Concord Consortium
Abstract
Daniel Edelson, Worldwatcher Curriculm Project
Abtract
Lawrence Cannon, E. Robert Heal
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics
Abstract
Clifford  Konold, Tinkerplots
Abstract
Daniel  Barstow, Exploring Earth
Abstract
9:30 Electronic Technology: What are the key issues in math and science? Where are we headed?
Jeremy Roschelle, SRI International
(Powerpoint presentation, 256 KB)
10:30 Conference Summary: Curriculum development and implementation: What have we learned? What are the issues?
Mark St. John, Inverness Research Associates (Powerpoint presentation,
576 KB)
11:00 Conference evaluation
11:30  Adjourn