Monday, October 19, 1998
1:30 p.m. Symposium with Invited Members of General Public
Welcome: John Raisian, Director, Hoover Institution
Introduction: Williamson M. Evers, Hoover Institution
Presentations: (10 minutes plus questions)

"Early Reading Assessment"
Barbara Foorman, University of Texas, Houston Medical Center

"What Do National and International Assessments Tell Us about Math and Science Reform?"
Stan Metzenberg, California State University, Northridge; California State Academic Standards Commission

"What Went Wrong in Kentucky?"
George Cunningham, University of Louisville

"Portfolio Assessment"
Brian Stecher, RAND

"Assessment and Accountability: The Texas Case"
Alexander Kress, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Austin, Texas

"Assessment, Accountability and Productivity"
Herbert Walberg, University of Illinois

4:00 p.m. Symposium Closes

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