Created in 1996 by the nation's governors and corporate leaders, Achieve is an independent, bipartisan, non-profit education reform organization based in Washington, D.C. that helps states raise academic standards and graduation requirements, improve assessments and strengthen accountability.
This conference call took place on August 30, 2010 at 3:30: p.m. ET.
This is the video of the last plenary session on Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 at the 2009 American Diploma Project Network Leadership Team Meeting. "Benchmarking for Success: What Does it Really Take To Be Internationally Competitive?" was moderated by Laura Slover, Achieve's Vice President Content and Policy. Panelists included Sir Michael Barber, Global Education Practice Leader and Expert Partner, Global Public Sector Practice, McKinsey & Company; Andreas Schleicher, Head, Indicators and Analysis...
Joanne Weiss, Director, Race to the Top Fund, U.S. Department of Education, spoke at the American Diploma Project Network Leadership Team Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. A transcript of the speech is at achieve.org/2009ADPLeadershipMeeting