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**Preparing America's Future Regional High School Summit**

###### The Hyatt Regency Boston - Financial District One Avenue de Lafayette Boston, MA

**May 21-22, 2004**

*Co-hosted by the U.S. Department of Education, the Council of Chief
State School Officers, the National Governors Association, and the
Council of Great City Schools*

###### 

Friday, May 21, 2004

Morning General Session:

7:30-8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast:

8:00-8:15 am Welcome and Greetings:

-   Hans Meeder, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Vocational and
    Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education

-   John L .G. Bynoe III, Associate Commissioner, Massachusetts
    Department of Education

8:15-8:25 am Greetings from the Council of Chief State School Officers

Dr. G. Thomas Houlihan, Executive Director, Council of Chief State
School Officers

8:25-8:55 am Opening General Session: *Preparing America's Future: The
Charge for State Policy Makers*

Susan Sclafani, Counselor to the Secretary and Assistant Secretary for
Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education

**8:55-9:25 am High School from the Student Perspective: Roundtable
Discussion with High School Students.**

***Moderator***: Francine Joselowsky, Senior Program Associate,

> The Forum for Youth Investment

*Students:*

-   James Anderson, Malden High School

-   Oscar Baez, Boston Latin School

-   Bernice Fedestin, Brighton High School

-   Daryl Huggins, Brighton High School

-   Asiya Williams, ACC (Another Course to College)

9:30 -10:30 am State Policies that Support Student Preparedness for
Career and Postsecondary Success: National and Regional Perspectives

-   Monica Martinez, Director of the Network for the Advancement of

> Secondary Education, Institute for Educational Leadership

-   Kristin Conklin, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Best Practices
    National Governors Association

Friday, May 21, 2004, continued

10:30-10:50 am Introductions of Facilitators and Content Coaches

> Amy Bennett, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department
> of Education

**10:50-11:45 am Introductory Team Session**

-   Facilitators meet with teams in team rooms

-   Team leaders will work with members to ensure coverage of all
    sessions

*Connecticut*

*District of Columbia*

*DOD Schools*

*Maine*

*Massachusetts*

*New Hampshire*

*New Jersey*

*New York*

*Rhode Island*

*Vermont*

*Virgin Islands*

**11:45-Noon Transition time**

**12:00-1:00 pm Lunch Keynote Address: *Signs of Life in the American
High School: ***

***Trends Toward Innovation and Excellence:***

-   *Greetings*: David Driscoll, Massachusetts Commissioner of Education

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-   *Keynote speaker*: Willard Daggett, President of the International
    Center for Leadership in Education

**1:00-1:15 pm Transition to Discussion Forums**

**1:15-2:45 pm** **Discussion Forums:**

**Forum 1. Setting Expectations and Aligning Systems:**

This session will outline the need for states and districts to set clear
and high standards for high schools that are clearly aligned with
elementary and postsecondary requirements. These standards will then
guide districts and states as they develop curriculum, assessments, and
programs to help students ease the transition from high school to
postsecondary education.

**Moderator**: Elaine Bonner-Tompkins, Director, High Poverty Schools
Initiative, Council of Chief State School Officers

**Friday, May 21**, **2004, continued**

Forum 1 speakers:

## *State Policies for College Readiness and Smooth Transitions* 

> Kristin Conklin, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Best Practices
> National Governors
>
> Association

-   *Ready or Not, Preparing High School Graduates for Work and
    College.*

Sheila Byrd, Executive Director, The American Diploma Project

-   *Lessons Learned about Core Curriculum and the State Scholars
    Initiative*

> Hillary Salmons, Director of Rhode Island Scholars, The Education
> Partnership

**Forum 2. Promising Practices to Help Striving Students:**

This session will focus on a variety of strategies to improve
instruction and student achievement. Although all students must reach
the established standards and goals, schools can vary the time,
resources, and support that are provided in order to ensure that every
student is successful. Presenters will review the related research,
discuss issues related to adolescent literacy, and present promising
practices for serving ELL students and students with disabilities.

**Moderator:** Kelli Crane, Senior Policy Analyst, TransCen, Inc.

Speakers:

-   *Just Tell Me What Works! Examining the Knowledge Base on High
    School Improvement*

> Corinne Herlihy, Research Associate, MDRC

-   *Helping Striving Readers Read at a High School Level*

> Peggy McCardle, Associate Chief, Child Development & Behavior Branch,
> National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

-   *How Can Youth with Disabilities Achieve at High Levels in High
    School?*

> Troy Justesen, Acting Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of
> Education, Office of Special Educational and Rehabilitative Services

-   *Improving Instruction for ELL Students Through Standards and
    Assessments*

> Kathleen Leos, Associate Deputy Undersecretary and Senior Policy
> Advisor to the Office of English Language Acquisition, U.S. Department
> of Education

**Forum 3.** **High School Reform Models That Support Student
Achievement:**

In this session discussants will present an overview of the
characteristics and potential of a variety of high school improvement
models. Representatives from three of these models will then review the
successes and challenges that have been associated with the
implementation of these models in districts around the country.

**Moderator**: Gregg Betheil, Vice President -- Academy Programs,
National Academy Foundation (NAF)

Speakers:

-   *Reviewing High School Improvement Models, Characteristics and
    Potential*

> Monica Martinez, Director of the Network for the Advancement of
> Secondary
>
> Education, Institute for Educational Leadership

-   *High Schools That Work*

> Peter Rickard, Consultant, High Schools That Work, Southern Regional
>
> Education Board

Friday, May 21, 2004, continued

Forum 3 speakers, continued:

-   *First Things First*

> William Moore, Senior Consultant, Institute for Research and Reform in
> Education

-   *America's Choice:*

> Bob Mackin, Director, America\'s Choice High Schools, National Center
> on Education
>
> and the Economy.

**Forum 4. Assessment, Accountability and Data with Meaning for
Students, Teachers, and Leaders:**

In this session presenters will highlight the essential elements in a
data collection system and discuss the benefits of collecting
longitudinal data for individual students. Discussants will also review
strategies that states and districts have implemented to effectively
collect and use data to inform decision making on the classroom, school,
district, and state levels.

**Moderator**: Lois Adams-Rogers, Assistant to the Executive Director,
Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

Speakers:

-   *How States Can Use Data for Identifying School Progress*

> Dr. Elliott Medrich, Director of Policy Analysis and Development, MPR
> Associates, Inc

-   *Essential Elements of Statewide Data-Collection Systems*

> Bob Zambarano, Director of Programming, National Center for
> Educational Accountability
>
> Aimee Guidera, Director, Washington, DC Office, National Center for
> Educational Accountability

-   *How Districts Can Successfully Use Assessment, Accountability and
    Data to Improve District-wide Performance*

> Sidney Smith, Director for Curriculum and Instruction, Boston Public
> Schools

-   *American Society for Quality*

> Suzanne Keely, ASQ Market Manager, Education

**Forum 5. Nurturing a System of Choice, Innovation and Excellence:**

In this session presenters will review policies and programs that are
designed to support a variety of educational options within the district
or region. Discussants will highlight the critical role of the principal
in high school reform. Further details will be presented about the
successes and challenges that the Gates Foundation has encountered in
their efforts to reform the American high school. Finally, presenters
will review how updated career and technical education programs can
support the goals of high school improvement.

**Moderator:** Circe Stumbo, President, West Wind Enterprises

Speakers:

-   *What's Needed for High School Principals to 'Break Ranks?'*

> Janice Ollarvia, Distinguished Principal for Secondary School
> Reform**,** National
>
> Association of Secondary School Principals

-   *Lessons Learned about Schools that are Rigorous, Relevant and
    Relational*

> Raymond McNulty, Senior Fellow, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
>
> **Friday, May 21, 2004, continued**
>
> **Forum 5 speakers, continued:**

-   *How Career Technical Education Relates to High School Improvement*

> Hans Meeder, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Vocational and
> Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education

**2:45-3:00 pm Break and Transition time**

**3:00-4:30 pm State Team Work Session 1**

-   Reflections on discussion forums

-   Scanning and Forecasting: Where is our state now? Where do we want
    to be?

-   Request content experts

*Connecticut- Sturbridge (4^th^ floor)*

*District of Columbia -- Room 1525*

*DOD Schools-Room 1925*

*Maine- Marquis (Lobby Level)*

*Massachusetts- Ballroom A*

*New Hampshire- Adrienne de Lafayette Salon (4^th^ floor)*

*New Jersey- Rockport (Lower Lobby)*

*New York- Room 1025*

*Rhode Island- Cambridge (4^th^ floor)*

*Vermont- Berkshire (Lower Lobby)*

*Virgin Islands -- Room 625*

**4:15-5:00 pm Report-out to all state teams:** *Ballroom B*

**Dinner in Boston on your own**

**Preparing America's Future Regional High School Summit**

###### The Hyatt Regency Boston - Financial District One Avenue de Lafayette Boston, MA

**May 21-22, 2004**

*Co-hosted by the U.S. Department of Education, the Council of Chief
State School Officers, the National Governors Association, and the
Council of Great City Schools*

###### 

Saturday, May 22, 2004

7:30-8:30 am Continental Breakfast:

**8:30-9:00 am Keynote address: *Reengineering the Curriculum***

Dr. Ioannis Miaoulis, President and Director of the Museum of Science,

Boston

**9:00-10:30 am State Team Work Session 2**

> Priorities and Stakeholders: Where are the priority strategies for our
> state? Which stakeholders must we engage in order to be successful
> with high school reform?

*Connecticut- Sturbridge*

*District of Columbia- Room 1525*

*DOD Schools- Room 1925*

*Maine- Marquis (Lower Lobby)*

*Massachusetts- Ballroom A (4^th^ floor)*

*New Hampshire- Adrienne de Lafayette Salon (4^th^ floor)*

*New Jersey - Rockport (Lower Lobby)*

*New York -- Room 1025*

*Vermont -- Berkshire (Lower Lobby)*

*Virgin Islands- Room 625*

**10:30-10:45 am Break**

**10:45-11:45 am State Team Work Session 3**

> Action Planning: How will we plan to improve on each of the priority
> strategies for our state?

*Connecticut- Sturbridge*

*District of Columbia- Room 1525*

*DOD Schools- Room 1925*

*Maine- Marquis (Lower Lobby)*

*Massachusetts- Ballroom A (4^th^ floor)*

*New Hampshire- Adrienne de Lafayette Salon (4^th^ floor)*

*New Jersey - Rockport (Lower Lobby)*

*New York -- Room 1025*

*Vermont -- Berkshire (Lower Lobby)*

> *Virgin Islands- Room 625*

**Saturday, May 22, 2004, continued**

**11:45-12:00 pm Transition time**

**12:00-1:15 pm Keynote Address** *Ballroom B*

Tom Payzant, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools

**Working Lunch: Cross-state team discussions**

Cross-state teams will share lunch to discuss:

-   What is our state currently doing to improve the quality of high
    school education for all students?

-   What will our state do to continue to improve the quality of high
    schools in our state?

## 

**1:15-1:30 pm Transition time**

**1:30-3:00 pm State Team Work Session 4**

> Next steps: What will we do over the next three months? Where will we
> need technical assistance?

*Connecticut- Sturbridge*

*District of Columbia- Room 1525*

*DOD Schools- Room 1925*

*Maine- Marquis (Lower Lobby)*

*Massachusetts- Ballroom A (4^th^ floor)*

*New Hampshire- Adrienne de Lafayette Salon (4^th^ floor)*

*New Jersey - Rockport (Lower Lobby)*

*New York -- Room 1025*

*Vermont -- Berkshire (Lower Lobby)*

> *Virgin Islands- Room 625*

**3:00-3:15 pm Break**

**3:15-5:00 pm** **State Team Work Session 4 (continued)**

> Next steps: What will we do over the next three months? Where will we
> need technical assistance?

*Connecticut- Sturbridge*

*District of Columbia- Room 1525*

*DOD Schools- Room 1925*

*Maine- Marquis (Lower Lobby)*

*Massachusetts- Ballroom A (4^th^ floor)*

*New Hampshire- Adrienne de Lafayette Salon (4^th^ floor)*

*New Jersey - Rockport (Lower Lobby)*

*New York -- Room 1025*

*Vermont -- Berkshire (Lower Lobby)*

*Virgin Islands- Room 625*

**5:00-5:30 pm Team Report-out to Department Leadership:** *Ballroom B*

**5:30 pm Closing Remarks, adjournment**