Congratulations...

Dr. Hines

to Dr. S. Maxwell Hines, professor in the School of Education and Human Performance, who, after serving on the team that revised the grade K-12 science education standards for the state of North Carolina last year, has now been appointed to the national panel tasked with setting science cutoff scores for grades 4, 8, 12 for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP data is used to compare the academic achievement of US students to their peers, globally. ACT and the National Assessment Governing Board will provide training and subsidize travel, room and board for the panel, which will meet for a week in San Antonio, TX this fall. At this writing, Dr. Hines will be the only African-American, Ph.D.-level science educator appointed to this panel.