Conference Call on 10th Anniversary of No Child Left Behind Act

WHAT:

RAND Education experts will participate in a media conference call to discuss the state of education as the nation marks the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2001, or "No Child Left Behind."
RAND EXPERTS:

Brian Stecher, associate director, RAND Education and co-author, "How Federal Education Policy Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Can Support States in School Improvement"

Laura Hamilton, senior behavioral scientist and co-author, "Expanding Measures of School Performance Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act"

Daniel McCaffrey, senior statistician and co-author, "A Big Apple for Educators: New York City's Experiment with Schoolwide Performance Bonuses: Final Evaluation Report"

Georges Vernez, senior social scientist and co-author, "Reauthorizing No Child Left Behind: Facts and Recommendations"
WHEN:

2 p.m. ET, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012
INVITED:

Members of media covering K-12 education
TO RSVP:

Call RAND Media Relations Officer Joe Dougherty at (703) 413-1100, ext. 5137 or email media@rand.org

Interviews

To arrange an interview, contact the RAND Office of Media Relations:
(703) 414-4795 or
(310) 451-6913, or
send an email to media@rand.org.

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