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99 CIS H 34197
TITLE: Implementing
School Reform in the States and Communities
CIS-NO: 99-H341-97
SOURCE: Committee on Education and the Workforce. House
DOC-TYPE:
Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: Jan. 28, 1999
LENGTH:
iv+204 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-1
ITEM-NO: 1015-A; 1015-B
SUDOC: Y4.ED8/1:106-2
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(Full Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial
No. 106-2. Hearing to review State and local public school reform efforts and
related Federal assistance needs, in connection with upcoming reauthorization of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Supplementary material (p. 59-204) includes witnesses' written statements.
CONTENT-NOTATION: Elem and secondary educ aid programs,
extension and revision
DESCRIPTORS:
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION;
STATE GOVERNMENTS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; FEDERAL AID TO STATES-EDUCATION; FEDERAL
AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-EDUCATION; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
ACT
99-H341-97 TESTIMONY NO: 1 Jan. 28, 1999
p. 4-57, 69-195
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
KEEGAN, LISA G. (Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Arizona; also representing Education Leaders Council)
GRASMICK, NANCY S. (Superintendent of Schools, Maryland
Department of Education)
CHICO, GERY J. (President,
Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees)
FORGIONE, PASCAL
D., JR. (Commissioner, National Center for Education Statistics)
EISNER, DAVID (Vice President, Corporate Relations,
America Online)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Views on and recommendations regarding Federal aid to
elementary and secondary education; overview of public school
improvement initiatives in selected localities; review of trends in student
performance in science, mathematics, and reading as measured by the National
Assessment of Educational Progress.
Analysis of test
results from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study comparing
academic performance of U.S. and foreign students; issues relating to computer
technology and education; elaboration on school reform efforts, Federal aid to
elementary and secondary education, and related issues.
INSERTIONS:
a. Maryland Department of
Education, Federal elementary and secondary education aid
programs, grants to Maryland public schools, 1998-99, tables (p. 88-109).
b. Maryland Department of Education, "School Reform Where
It Counts: Successful Schools, Successful School Systems: 1998 Maryland School
Performance Report" with graphs (p. 110-121).
c. Forgione,
P. D., Jr., "Achievements in the U.S.: Are Students Performing Better?" Jan. 28,
1999 (p. 143-179).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Elem
and secondary educ improvement efforts and Fed aid issues, review
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
EDUCATION LEADERS COUNCIL;
SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TESTS; COMPUTERS; TECHNICAL EDUCATION;
MARYLAND; STATISTICAL DATA: EDUCATION; NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS;
MATHEMATICS; READING; NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS; STUDENTS
