Sunday, May 9

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Registration; Informal Reception, Networking Time

Monday, May 10

7:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am

Welcome Remarks

• Michael Smith, AGI
• Gerhard Salinger, NSF
• William Frascella, NSF Director of Elementary, Secondary and Informal Education

8:30 am

Session I: Committee on Test Design for K-12 Science Achievement at the National Research Council, Center for Education

Moderator: Janice Earle

• Introduction: Marty Orland, Director, Center for Education
• Meryl Bertenthal, Study Director
• Overview of the Study: Gerry Stokes, University of Maryland, Committee Member
• Science Assessments, Joe Krajcik, University of Michigan

Reactions:

• Arthur Eisenkraft, Active Chemistry/Active Physics
• Zalman Usiskin, University of Chicago

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

Session I-A: Small-Group Discussions

• Given the presentation on the Blueprints for Science Assessment, what advice do you have for the Center about the direction or outcomes of this project?
• Is there anything in the process for developing science assessments that could transfer to mathematics?
• From your point of view, what other projects might the Center for Education at the NRC propose that would be in the national interest?
• What actions can developers take to provide teachers with assessment items that can contribute to comprehensive assessment systems?

11:30 am

Research Across EHR

• Barbara Olds, NSF Director of Research, Evalutations, and Communications

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

Session II: Process and Pitfalls of Revising

Moderator: Gerhard Salinger

• Fred Goldberg, Science
• Andy Isaacs, Math

Discussion:

• How are you responding to current pressure in the policy environment?

2:30 pm

Break

3:30 pm

Session III: Large-Group Discussion: Connections between Centers for Learning and Teaching and Developers

Introduction/Moderator: Spud Bradley, NSF

• Steve Schneider, CAESL
• Jo Ellen Roseman, AAAS
• Chris Hirsch, CSMC

Discussion:

• What research issues and products are you creating that would be of interest to curriculum developers?
• What do CLTs need to know or want to learn from developers?
• How can we continue to interact after this conference?
  

5:00 pm

Reports from Session I-A: Small Group Discussions

5:30 pm

Break

6:00-8:00 pm

Poster Session on Research, Assessment, and IMD Curriculum Materials
Reception Co-sponsors: It's About Time Publishing/ AGI Foundation

Tuesday, May 11

7:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am

Session IV: Implementation: Issues and Solutions

Moderator: Michael Smith

• Kim Bess, San Diego City Schools
• Cheryl Rectanus, Portland, Oregon
• Martin Garzman, Chicago Public Schools

Key Questions:

• What drives your decision to adopt or not adopt particular instructional materials?
• What information do you need?
• What are the challenges in adopting, implementing and sustaining the use of instructional materials?
  

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

Session IV-A: Small-group Discussions: Implementation and Professional Development

Discussion Questions:

• What are the criteria for successful implementations?
• What research is taking place on the IMD materials used in these implementations?
• What role does teacher knowledge play in implementation?
• What is the role of curriculum in supporting both teacher and student learning?
• What works-are there examples? What are the stumbling blocks to successful implementation?
  

12:00 pm

Lunch: Other Important National Initiatives

Achieve Inc.: Progress to Date in Mathematics and Science

• Jean Slattery, Achieve, Inc.

1:15 pm

Session V: The Role of Reading, Writing, and Discourse in Materials Development and Use

• Introduction: Gerhard Salinger, NSF
• Elizabeth Moje, University of Michigan

Key Questions:

• How can IMD materials serve as a basis for enhancing performance in reading?
• How do developers respond to challenges about the readability of their materials?
• What literacy strategies should developers include in teacher materials?
• What evidence is there about how well they work?
• What do we need to think about in terms of reading when developing/revising our programs?
• How can we engage the literacy community to help them recognize the strengths and applications of MST curricula to their literacy goals?
  

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Session VI: Mathematics, Science, and Technology Breakouts

5:00 pm

Whole Group Discussion: Key Points from Afternoon Breakouts

5:30 pm

Adjourn (Dinner on your own)

Wednesday, May 12

7:00 am

Breakfast

8:00 am

Session VII: Connections between Assessment Projects and Developers

• Introduction: Janice Earle
• Vi-Nhuan Le, RAND
• George DeBoer, AAAS
• Edys Quellmalz, SRI International
• Hugh Burkhardt, Michigan State University

Key Questions:

• How can we use the tools developed by assessment projects to further our goals? To conduct research?
• What are the attributes of assessments that provide the best information on various aspects of student learning?
• What can assessment projects learn from developers to enhance their research?
• What is being assessed-Facts? Procedures? Problem solving? Understanding? Critical thinking?
• Why is it being assessed? For what purpose? What audience?
• What is the relationship of the assessment to the NSF curricula?
  

10:00 am

Break

10:15 am

Closing Remarks

• Mark Saul, NSF: Building a Knowledge Base
• William Frascella, Division Director, ESIE, Wrap-Up: IMD & Future Directions

11:45 am

Evaluation

12:00 pm

Adjourn

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