India, Oct. 19 -- U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon named Tennessee Representative Mark White as Chair of the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB). Secretary McMahon also announced the appointment of two education leaders to NAGB: early literacy expert Kymyona Burk and elementary school principal Michael Sidebotham. National educational assessment expert Scott Marion was reappointed to a second term. All three Governing Board members will start their four-year terms on October 1.
NAGB is the policy board that oversees the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) - otherwise known as The Nation's Report Card. The Board sets the NAEP achievement levels and determines which grades and subjects to assess and what content ...