MLK Charter Principal Appointed to National Assessment Governing Board
10/5/2009 12:00:00 AM
Education Secretary Arne Duncan selects Doris Hicks to help set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), commonly known as The Nation’s Report Card.
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
CONTACT: Stephaan Harris, (202) 357-7504, Stephaan.Harris@ed.gov
WASHINGTON (October 2, 2009) – Doris Hicks, a New Orleans elementary school principal who gained nationwide recognition for rebuilding her school after Hurricane Katrina, was one of five leaders nationwide appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board to serve a four-year term, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced.
Hicks will begin her new term Oct. 1, 2009, in the category of “elementary principal” and will serve on the Board’s reporting and dissemination committee. She will help set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), commonly known as The Nation’s Report Card. The assessment makes objective information on student performance available to policymakers and the public at the national, state, and local levels, and has served an important role in evaluating the condition and progress of American education since 1969.
“We’re delighted to welcome Doris to the Board. Her expertise and fresh insight will be valuable assets for our work,” said Cornelia S. Orr, the Board’s executive director.
Hicks is principal and CEO of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology in New Orleans. After her school was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Hicks was instrumental in rebuilding King—the first public school to open in the city’s devastated Lower Ninth Ward.
Hicks has contributed to the New Orleans public school system in numerous roles over the years, serving as an elementary school principal, area superintendent, teacher, and reading consultant. She has also served as president of the Principal’s Association of New Orleans Public Schools, the Louisiana Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and the New Orleans Council of the International Reading Association.
Sec. Duncan also appointed four other members to the Board in his announcement. The names, categories of appointment, and cities of residence are as follows: Incumbent member Alan J. Friedman (general public, New York City); Tonya Miles (general public, Mitchellville, Md.); W. James Popham (testing and measuring expert, Wilsonville, Ore.); and Leticia Van de Putte (state legislator-Democrat, San Antonio).
NAEP was created by Congress to provide the public with information about the achievement of students at grades 4, 8, and 12 in core academic subjects, including reading, mathematics, writing, and science.
To read the Board’s news release on all appointments, please visit: www.nagb.org.
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