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Lynch School of Education Professor Joseph M. O’Keefe, SJ, one of the nation’s foremost experts in Catholic education, has been appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board, US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced recently.
Fr. O’Keefe, who most recently served as dean of the Lynch School of Education, was appointed to a four-year term as a representative of non-public schools.
Board members help set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as The Nation’s Report Card. Since 1969, NAEP has helped educators, policymakers and researchers evaluate American education.
In addition to Fr. O’Keefe, other new representatives on the board include Rebecca Gagnon, director of the Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education; Andrew Ho, assistant professor at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education; and Terry Mazan, president and CEO of the Chicago Community Trust.
David P. Driscoll ’64, PhD ’81, the former Massachusetts Commissioner of Education, chairs the board.
More information about the Governing Board can be found at http://www.nagb.org. More information about The Nation’s Report Card can be found at http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/.