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For information on upcoming meetings, please contact Karen Kepler, National Forum and Events Manager, at 303.299.3621 or kkepler@ecs.org.

Upcoming Meetings

2013 ECS National Forum on Education Policy
For complete information, please visit the 2013 ECS National Forum website. Dates starts: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 ends: Thursday, June 27, 2013 Location St. Louis, Missouri	Hotel Info: Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel 800 Washington Avenue St. Louis, MO 63101 800-266-9432 or 314-418-5820-phone 314-418-5805-fax www.renaissancestlouisgrand.com Group room rate is $159/night plus 17.74% tax. Ask for the “Education Commission of the States” room block to receive the group room rate.
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Past Meetings
2012 Winter Commissioners’ Meeting
Dates starts: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 ends: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Location Westin Denver Downtown Hotel Denver, Colorado	Presentations from the meeting: For more information on the sessions at this year's meeting, dowload a PDF compilation of all the presentations that includes additional resources for each session topic, along with ECS contact info if you have questions or need more information. What We Know about State Civic Education Policies, and What is Next Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Lead Researcher, CIRCLE Constructive Turbulence: Enabling Teachers with Better Tools for Student Learning Bob Wise, President, Alliance for Excellent Education Core Principles for Transforming Remedial Education: A Joint Statement Uri Treisman, Professor of Mathematics and Public Affairs, and Director, Charles A. Dana Center, University of Texas at Austin Potential Potholes on the Teacher Evaluation Highway Susan F. Lusi, Superintendent, Providence (R.I.) Public School District State Policy Roadmap for Improving Early Reading Proficiency Kathy Christie, Vice President, Knowledge/Information Management & Dissemination, ECS Uri Treisman (Charles A. Dana Center, University of Texas at Austin) and Jennifer Dounay Zinth (ECS) discussed integrating Common Core implementation with delivery of evidence-based developmental education during the final grades of high school. Contact Jennifer Dounay Zinth (jdounay@ecs.org, 303.299.3689) with any questions.
2012 ECS National Forum on Education Policy
Dates starts: Monday, July 9, 2012 ends: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 View the forum website.	Location InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta Hotel 3315 Peachtree Road, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30326 To reserve your hotel room, please call toll free at 1-877-422-8254 or direct to the Reservations Department at 1-404-946-9191 and ask for the “Education Commission of the States” group room block in order to receive the group room rate of $129/night plus 15% tax. Click here to book a guest room with the Forum.
2nd National Summit on the Role of Education in Economic Development in Rural America
Dates Tuesday, April 17, 2012 Location Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia Staff Contact: Barbara Thompson, 303-299-3657, bthompson@ecs.org Resources: Summary of the meeting Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Grant Program (Presentation) Robin Fernkas, Director, Division of Strategic Investments, Office of Workforce Investment, U.S. Department of Labor Sue Liu, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education Promise Neighborhoods: Cradle to Career Larkin Tackett, Director of Place-Based Initiatives, Office of Innovation and Improvement, U. S. Department of Education JWCC – Workforce Development Center -- An ADM Partnership Michael D’Ambrose, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Archer Daniels Midland Company Creating Jobs, Building Communities, and Improving Lives Christopher Masingill, Federal Co-Chairman of the Delta Regional Authority Educating More Students, Helping to Create Jobs Bob Whittaker, Dean of Institutional Advancement, Lyndon State College Iron Range Engineering: A 21st Century Partnership Trent Janezich, Director, University Partnerships, Northeast Higher Education District, Minnesota
December 2011 Commissioners Meeting

Dates starts: December 7, 2011 ends: December 8, 2011 Download the agenda	Location Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center 650 15th Street Denver, CO 80202
Meeting Resources: Governor’s Chair’s Initiative presentation, Dec 7 Literacy Matters Bus Tour -- watch the video PowerPoints for presentation (in PDF format): Overview of Federal Landscape, Iris Palmer of HCM Strategists College Completion and the Common Core: Next Steps for Creating an Aligned System, Brad Phillips, President and CEO for the Institute for Evidence-Based Change Investments in Postsecondary Education Completion and Alignment with Employer Demands, Stephen Rose, Senior Economist for the Center for Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University College Completion and the Common Core: Next Steps for Creating an Aligned System, Paul Lingenfelter, President of SHEEO
2011 ECS National Forum on Education Policy
Dates starts: Wednesday, July 6, 2011 ends: Friday, July 8, 2011 Location Denver, Colorado Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel 1550 Court Place Denver, CO 80202 303-893-3333-direct 800-325-3535-toll free www.sheratondenverdowntown.com	Go to the main National Forum website for resources, photos and videos of plenary sessions. View the program. ECS Staff Contacts Karen Kepler National Forum and Events Manager 303.299.3621 kkepler@ecs.org
National Summit on the Role of Education in Economic Development in Rural America
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Location: Washington, D.C. Read the recommendations. Download the agenda	ECS Staff Contact for more information: Barbara Thompson Presentations from the Summit: Economic Development Through Low Cost Domestic Sourcing (PowerPoint) Phillip J. Bond, President and CEO, TechAmerica, Board Member, TechAmerica Foundation
December 2010 Steering Committee & Commissioners Meeting

Dates starts: Wednesday, December 8, 2010 ends: Friday, December 10, 2010 ECS Staff Contacts Heidi Normandin 303.299.3629 hnormandin@ecs.org	Location Golden Nugget Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada
Meeting Presentations: Complete to Compete and Complete College America Complete to Compete, The 2010-11 NGA Chair’s Initiative (PDF) Travis Reindl, Program Director, Center for Best Practices, National Governors Association Working with States to Achieve More College Degrees and Credentials (PDF) Stan Jones, President, Complete College America Aligning College Completion to Workforce Development Skilled Workforce: An Economic Development Driver for Ohio (PDF) Stacia Edwards, Director, Workforce Development Initiatives, Ohio Board of Regents Aligning College Completion to Workforce Development Aligning Postsecondary Outcomes and Workforce Needs (PDF) Brian Prescott, Director of Policy Research, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education Developmental Education as Key Strategy to Increase Attainment Developmental Education as Key Strategy to Increase Attainment - Getting Past Go (PDF) Bruce Vandal, ECS Director of Postsecondary Education and Workforce Development Adult Completion Adult Completion - WICHE presentation (PDF) Demarée Michelau, Director of Policy Analysis, Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education Jane Nichols, Vice Chancellor for Student and Academic Affairs, Nevada System of Higher Education		Additional Resources: Non-Traditional No More, WICHE Certificates Count – Complete College America Help Wanted Report, Anthony Carnevale Getting Past Go – Building the Remedial Education Bridge to College Success National Career Readiness Certificate Compete to Complete – NGA Complete College America
2010 ECS National Forum on Education Policy
Dates starts: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 ends: Friday, August 20, 2010 ECS Staff Contacts Karen Kepler National Forum and Events Manager 303.299.3621 kkepler@ecs.org 2010 National Forum website.	Location Portland, Oregon Marriott Portland Downtown Waterfront Hotel 1401 SW Naito Parkway Portland, OR 97201 503.226.7600 Education Commission of the States Group Room Rate is: $149/night plus 12.5% tax
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Invitational National Conference on Next Generation Assessment System
Dates starts: March 8, 2010 ends: March 9, 2010 Location The Grand Hyatt Washington 1000 H Street NW Washington, D.C. (202) 582-1234 or 800-233-1234 grandwashington.hyatt.com Download the draft agenda (PDF) Download the Travel Guidelines and Reimbursement form (PDF)
2010 Commissioners Meeting

January 6-8, 2010 New Orleans, Louisiana JW Marriott Hotel ECS Staff Contacts Heidi Normandin 303.299.3629 hnormandin@ecs.org
Meeting Resources and Presentations Round Robin #1: Reducing the number of students leaving high school requiring remediation before they are ready for work or college Virginia Strategies for Reducing the Need for Remediation After Graduation (PowerPoint) Patricia Wright, State Superintendent, Virginia Department of Education Dropout Prevention: Insights Gained from the Minnesota Department of Education Initiative (PowerPoint) Cammy Lehr, Education Specialist, Office of School Improvement and Accountability, Minnesota Department of Education What’s the Gap? (PowerPoint) How to ensure that students are college and career ready Malbert Smith III, Ph.D., President, MetaMetrics Additional resources from Malbert Smith's presentation: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (PDF) Text Measurement and Analysis MetaMetrics Technical Report Update, Metametrics Student Readiness for Postsecondary Options (PDF) Dr. Gary Williamson, Lexile Round Robin #2: Strategies to accelerate the retooling of the current adult workforce Strategies to Accelerate the Retooling of the Current Adult Workforce: Louisiana’s CALL Experience (PowerPoint) Luke Dowden, Executive Director, Center for Adult Learning, Louisiana Board of Regents Aligning Adult and Postsecondary Education in Ohio (PowerPoint) Barbara Endel, Ph.D., Endel Consulting Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative (PowerPoint) Karen Wheeler, Associate Director, Arkansas Department of Higher Education		Round Robin #3: Strategies to ensure alignment between the workforce and labor demands The Ohio Skills Bank (PowerPoint) William Russell, Associate Vice Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents Thomas Fellrath, Former Director, Ohio Skills Bank Wisconsin Technical College System’s Data System (PowerPoint) Jayson Chung, Education Director, Economic and Workforce Development, Wisconsin Technical College System Career Pathways (PowerPoint) Jayson Chung, Education Director, Economic and Workforce Development, Wisconsin Technical College System Central Upstate New York’s Implementation of Strategic Compass (PowerPoint) Andrea German-Willis, Assistant Director, The WorkKeys Center University College at Syracuse University

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