CBEE President Jim Lanich Named to National Assessment Governing Board
Posted on: Friday, 20 October 2006, 18:01 CDT
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- California Business for Education Excellence President Jim Lanich, Ph.D., was named to the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) by U.S. Secretary Margaret Spellings. He was one of four new appointments made by Secretary Spellings earlier this week.
Lanich, a former teacher, will serve a four year term which began on October 1, 2006, and will end on September 30, 2010. The governing board develops policy guidance for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the only continuing national assessment of what students know and can do in various subjects at the elementary and secondary school levels.
"I'm honored that Secretary Spellings has chosen me to serve on the Governing Board," said Lanich. "As a former teacher, and as someone who has been involved in improving academic achievement and closing achievement gaps in California's schools, I understand the critical role the NAEP plays in making sure all students and schools are successful. Without this assessment, it's impossible to tell if students are really learning the material and the extent to which the teaching methods are working."
Under the No Child Left Behind law, which requires that states participate every two years in the national assessment's state-level samples for assessing reading and math achievement in grades four and eight, the national assessment has taken on a new role as an independent yardstick of school achievement. States are now able to compare trends on the national assessment among each other and on their own state exams.
The NAGB is involved in a number of activities, including: -- Selecting the subjects to be tested; -- Identifying learning objectives for each grade tested; -- Identifying appropriate achievement goals; and
-- Ensuring that all items selected for use in the assessment are free from racial, cultural, gender and regional biases.
California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) was founded in 1999 by major business and business organizations to represent the business community in state education policy making and restore excellence to California public schools. For more information visit http://www.cbee.org/ .
Dr. Lanich Bio below. JAMES S. LANICH Ph.D., BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Lanich began his career as an inner city middle school teacher for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
In 1992, he joined the L.A. County Office of Education. There he led the largest Research and Development Unit of any educational agency in the nation charged with bringing standards based reading and math reform to over 1,700 schools.
In 1993, he received his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from USC.
In 1998, he assumed leadership of Core Curriculum Services for the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools. Here, he developed and led the Academic Achievement Alliance charged with raising the reading and math scores in the 100 lowest performing schools of Los Angeles County.
From 2001-2005 he served as the first Director for the Inaugural Broad Prize for Urban Education, which awarded $1 million dollars in scholarships to high performing urban school districts in the nation. While serving as the Inaugural director, he also co-founded Just For the Kids-California, the largest longitudinally linked student achievement database in the country.
He currently serves as the President of California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) representing California's business leaders focused on raising student achievement in the state. He was also named by U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), which develops policy guidelines for the National Assessment of Educational Progress. His four-year term on the NAGB ends in September 2010.
California Business for Education Excellence
CONTACT: Jim Lanich of California Business for Education Excellence,+1-916-498-8980
Web site: http://www.cbee.org/
Source: PRNewswire
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