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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt;">The Radisson Hotel at Opryland ● Nashville, TN</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 14pt;">Vetting Instructional Materials</span></span></em></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 14pt;"></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 220.5pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">Monday, July 23</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">5:00 PM – 7:00 PM</span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">           </span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">Pre Function Area<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">        </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Registration opens</span></strong></span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">Tuesday, July 24</span></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">7:30 AM<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                 </span></span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">            </span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">Pre Function Area<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">       </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Registration and Continental Breakfast</span></strong></span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">8:00 AM – 10:00 AM</span></em><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">          </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">McGavock C<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">        </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">       </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Advisory Commission for Textbook Specifications (ACTS) <br /></span></strong><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;">                                                                           </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">        </span></em><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Executive Committee Meeting (Only Executive Committee)</span></strong></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">10:00 AM – 12:00 PM</span></em><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">     </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">    </span></span></strong><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">Bellevue<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">       </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">        </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">        </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Association of American Publishers (AAP) Committee Meeting </span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;">                                             </span></span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">McGavock D<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">        </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">      </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Book Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc. (BMI) Committee Meeting</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;">                                             </span></span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">McGavock C<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">        </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">      </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">State Instructional Materials Review Association <span style="letter-spacing: -0.6pt;">(SIMRA)</span> Committee Meeting</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">12:00 PM – 12:15 PM<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">          </span></span></em><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">Atrium<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">    </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">               </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">       </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Welcome by the Advisory Commission on Textbook Specifications, Inc. (ACTS) </span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;">                                                                           </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">       </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Master of Ceremonies:</em></span></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dan Bach, Executive Vice President, BMI</span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">12:15 PM – 1:45 PM<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">            </span></span></em><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">Atrium<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                   </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">       </span></span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Luncheon and Keynote: </span></span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">Building Smart Demand in a Time of Digital Textbooks</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; letter-spacing: -0.6pt; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The US Department of Education has developed the National Educational Technology Plan and the Learning Registry that seek to provide a pathway toward learning powered by technology and better information about quality digital materials. This lunchtime keynote seeks to open a rich dialog that recognizes the state review and selection of quality materials and blend that process with opportunities to gather information about the materials effectiveness from teachers and students using them.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">     </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">          </span></span></em></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                              </span>Session Facilitator:</span></em></strong><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Drew Hinds, SIMRA</span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">       </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Participants:</em></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">SIMRA/Publishers and Conference Attendees</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">         </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">      </span>Keynote Speaker: </span></em></strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">Karen Cator<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, </em></strong>US Department of Education, Director of the Office of Technology</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">2:15 PM – 3:15 PM <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">             </span></span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">McGavock CD<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">     </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">       </span></span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">Vetting Digital Textbooks</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Reviewing electronic submissions represent significant challenges to the reviewer as well as the publisher's expectation during the review. This session will provide an opportunity to identify these challenges and discuss possible solutions to promote a successful review of electronic submissions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">     </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">          </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">               </span>Session Facilitator:</span></em></strong><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Mark Schneiderman, SIIA</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">           </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Participants:</em></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">All Conference Attendees</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">               </span>Other Possible Contributors</span></em></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">: <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Vicky Hurwitz (Pearson Education), HMH, EG, Cengage, Discovery, Apple, Dell</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">               </span>State Contributors:</span></em></strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">David Sikes (FL), Alan Griffin (UT), David Almquist (CA), Drew Hinds (OR), Marcie Buckle (LA)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3:15 PM – 3:30 PM</span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">             </span>Lobby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">      </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Break</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -1.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">3:30 PM – 4:45 PM</span></em><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">             </span></span></strong><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">McGavock C/D<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">    </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">      </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Publisher Criteria for Quality Instructional Materials</span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This session seeks to build on the work from previous ACTS conferences in the development of Common Criteria for the vetting of instructional materials. Achieve hosted the Quality Instructional Materials Collaborative (QIMC), convening more than fifteen states in support of developing a common definition of “quality” instructional materials, support the review of model instructional modules, units, lessons, pilot cross-state collaborative review panels, develop rubrics based on the Publishers’ Criteria (developed by the CCSS authors for publishers and curriculum developers who are working to ensure alignment of their materials to the CCSS) David Coleman is a co-author of both the Common Core Standards and the Publishers’ Criteria.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">               </span>Session Facilitator:</span></em></strong><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dr. Christine Tell, Achieve</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">   </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Participants:</em></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">All Conference Attendees</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.3in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.2in;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">               </span>Speaker: </span></em></strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">David Coleman, Student Achievement Partners</span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">      </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></em></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: -1.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; tab-stops: 1.0in;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">6:00 PM – 7:00 PM</span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">           </span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">Atrium<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">    </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">               </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">     </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Reception</span></strong></span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">9:00 AM</span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>- </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">10:30 AM</span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">         </span></span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt;">McGavock C/D </span><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">   </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">    </span></span><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Interactive Presentation and Discussion on State Reports</span></span></strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Where are States going with the adoption of instructional materials? Hear from the State Instructional Materials Review Associaton (SIMRA, formerly NASTA) as they speak about their adoption cycles, funding and policy changes, initiatives, pilot studies and challenges relating to the evaluation, review, vetting, and adoption of instructional materials.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">     </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">          </span></span></em></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">               </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">               </span>Session Facilitator:</span></em></strong><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Alan Griffin (UT) &amp; Jackie Bobbett (LA)</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">   </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">    </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Participants:</em></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">All Conference Attendees</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                              </span>Panel Members:</span></em></strong><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">SIMRA Member States &amp; Non-Member States</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">10:30 AM – 10:45 AM</span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">         </span>Lobby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                  </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">      </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Break</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">10:45 AM – 11:45 AM</span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">          </span>McGavok C/D<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">      </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">      </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Market Size and Growth Trends in the K-12 <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></em></span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Bob Resnick has specialized in K-12 school market research for most of his career. His descriptions of market size and growth trends in K-12 are based on original surveys conducted by his company, Education Market Research, using a school market information gathering network comprised of tens of thousands of educators at all grade levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Forecasts of future growth come from analysis of historical patterns and projections of student enrollments and per pupil expenditures.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></em></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">               </span>Presenter:</span></em></strong><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Dr. Robert Resnick, Education Market Research</span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Participants:</em></strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">All Conference Attendees<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></em></strong></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">12:00 PM – 1:00 PM </span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">           </span>On Your Own<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">        </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">      </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Lunch</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">1:00 PM – 3:30 PM</span></em><span style="line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">              </span>McGavock C/D<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">    </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">      </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">ACTS Commission Meeting</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">3:30 PM<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                 </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">               </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;">                              </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">      </span></span></em><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Adjournment</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">SPEAKER BIOS:</span></span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">Karen Cator is the Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education. She has devoted her career to creating the best possible learning environments for this generation of students. Prior to joining the department, Cator directed Apple's leadership and advocacy efforts in education. In this role, she focused on the intersection of education policy and research, emerging technologies, and the reality faced by teachers, students and administrators.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 76.3pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"> </span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; font-size: 10pt;">Mark Schneiderman is the Senior Director of Education Policy at the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA) and represents SIIA’s member software and digital content developers before Congress and national stakeholders on education policies, programs, and regulations that impact technology at all levels of education. Prior to joining SIIA, Schneiderman was Legislative Associate for the Council of Chief State School Officers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>He serves on the executive board of the National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training (NCTET), and he previously served on boards of the KIPP DC/Key Academy charter school and the Committee for Education Funding (CEF). </span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.siia.net/etbf/2011/speakers.asp"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">http://www.siia.net/etbf/2011/speakers.asp</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; font-size: 10pt;"></span></span></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">David Coleman is founder and CEO of Student Achievement Partners, LLC, an organization that assembles leading thinkers and researchers to design actions to substantially improve student achievement. Most recently, he and Jason Zimba of Student Achievement Partners played a lead role in developing the Common Core State Standards in math and literacy. The two also founded the Grow Network – acquired by McGraw-Hill in 2005 – which has become the nation’s leader in assessment reporting and customized instructional materials.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://commoncorestandards.com/faq/authors-of-the-common-core-state-standards"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">http://commoncorestandards.com/faq/authors-of-the-common-core-state-standards</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;"></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 76.5pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;">Dr. Robert M. Resnick has been associated with K-12 education for over 30 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>He started out teaching Science and Mathematics at the middle and high school levels in the New York City public schools, and then moved up to teaching Psychology at the college level while finishing his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology. He then worked for 14 years at McGraw-Hill, first in market research, then in sales, product development, general management, and planning and acquisitions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Bob was then VP of sales and marketing at Market Data Retrieval.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>He founded his own company, Education Market Research, dedicated to K-12 market research publishing and consulting, in 1995. <a href="http://www.educationmarketresearch.com/index.php?p=501">http://www.educationmarketresearch.com/index.php?p=501</a></span></p>
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