Monday, June 13

BOTICELLI HALL

8:00 - 9:00 am – MATERIAL DISTRIBUTION

9:00 - 10:00 am – OPENING

• Tarso Genro – Brazilian Minister of Education
• Eliezer Moreira Pacheco – President of National Institute for Educational Research and Studies – Inep - Brazil
• Francisco das Chagas Fernándes – Secretary, SEB – MEC - Brazil
• Alice Abreu – Director, Office of Education, Science and Technology - OAS
• Ana Luiza Machado – Director, UNESCO/OREALC
• Ana Maria Aceves – Ministry of Education - Mexico
  

10:15 -11:00 am

• SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS AND OAS: “COMPLYING WITH THE EDUCATION PLAN
  Alice Abreu – Director, Office of Education, Science and Technology - OAS

11:00 -11:15 am – COFFEE BREAK

11:15 - 11:45 am

• INFORMATION ABOUT THE II HEMISPHERIC FORUM
  Linda Goulart – Director, National Institute for Educational Research and Studies (INEP), Brazil

11:45 - 12:15 pm

• PRIE INFORMATION
  Ana Maria Aceves – Ministry of Education - Mexico

12:15 - 1:00 pm

• LANDMARK FOR QUALITY IN EDUCATION AND THE REGIONAL EDUCATION PROJECT - PRELAC
  Ana Luiza Machado – UNESCO/OREALC

1:00 to 2:30 pm – LUNCH

2:30 - 4:00 pm

• PRESENTATION OF THE PAPER “QUALITY IN EDUCATION: CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS”
• Presenters:
  Luiz Dourado – Brazil
  Catarina de Almeida Santos – Brazil
  João Ferreira de Oliveira – Brazil
• Moderator:
  Maria do Pilar Lacerda Almeida e Silva – President, UNDIME - Brazil
• Debaters:
  Joel Sherman – Departament of Education - USA
  Cary Grobe – Council of Minister - Canada

4:00 - 4:15 pm – COFFEE BREAK

4:15 - 4:45 pm

• PRESENT STATE OF QUALITY IN EDUCATION IN THE REGION
  Maria Alejandra Schulmeyer – Inep - Brazil

4:45 - 6:00 pm – DISCUSSION

• Moderator:
  Maria do Pilar Lacerda Almeida e Silva –President, UNDIME - Brazil

6:00 pm – END DAILY ACTIVITIES

Tuesday, June 14

BOTICELLI HALL

8:30 - 10:00 am

• DEFINING AND ASSESSING QUALITY IN EDUCATION
• Presenter:
  Jaap Scheerens – University of Twente - Netherlands
• Moderator:
  Jorge Werthein –UNESCO - Brazil
• Debater:
  Carlos Pardo – ICFES - Colômbia

10h - 10h45

• MEASURING QUALITY IN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
  César Guadalupe – UNESCO/OREALC

10:45 - 11:00 am – COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 11:40 am

• PROGRESS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
  Cláudia Tamassia – PRIE

11:40 - 1:00 am

• MANAGEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS
• Presenter:
  Anton De Grauwe – IIPE – UNESCO - Paris
• Moderator:
  Gabriel Chalita – President, CONSED - Brazil
• Mixed Management:
  Leonardo Vera Monroy – Ministry of Education - Chile
• Decentralized Management:
  Jeanete Beauchamp – MEC - Brazil

1:00 - 2:30 pm – LUNCH

2:30 - 4:00 pm

• TEACHER VALUATION
• Presenter:
  Maria Isolda Cela de Arruda Coelho – Sobral Municipal Secretariat for Education - Brazil
• Moderator:
  Daniel González – OEI - Brazil
• Debater:
  Sergio Martínez Dunstan – SEP - México

4:00 - 16:15 pm – COFFEE BREAK

4:15 - 6:00 pm

• STUDENT ACCESS, PERMANENCE, PROGRESSION AND PERFORMANCE
• Moderator:
  Sílvio Manoug Kaloustian – Unicef - Brazil
• The Experience of Brazil:
  Carlos Henrique Ferreira de Araújo – Diretor de Avaliação da Educação Básica - INEP
• The Experience of the Dominican Republic:
  Julio Valeirón
• Debater:
  Carlos Eduardo Moreno – Inep - Brazil

6:00 pm – END DAILY ACTIVITIES

Wednesday, June 15

BOTICELLI HALL

EXCLUSIVE MEETINGS FOR PRIE EXPERTS AND TEAM MEMBERS

08:00 – 11:00 am

• Workshop 1:
  "PRINCÍPIOS E PRÁTICAS NA DEVOLUÇÃO DA INFORMAÇÃO COM FOCO NA ESCOLA"

11:00 - 11:15 am – COFFEE BREAK

11:00 - 2:00 pm

• Workshop 2:
  IDENTIFYING TEACHING STAFF INFORMATION NEEDS

2:00 pm – LUNCH

Wednesday, June 15

BOTICELLI HALL

10:30 – 10:45 pm – COFFEE

10:45 – 1:00 pm

• EDUCATIONAL QUALITY DIMENSIONS AND VARIABLES
• Moderator:
  Carlos Pardo – ICFES - Colômbia
• Group 1: (English and French language)
• Facilitator:
  Cinara Custódio – Brazil
• Group 2: (Spanish and Portuguese Language)
• Facilitator:
  (to confirm) Brazil
• Group 3: (Spanish and Portuguese Language)
• Facilitator:
  Jorge Fasce – Argentina

1:00 - 2:30 pm – LUNCH

2:30 - 4:00 pm

• EDUCATIONAL QUALITY DIMENSIONS AND VARIABLES – Work Group Conclusions
• Moderator:
  Carlos Pardo – ICFES - Colômbia

4:00 – 4:15 pm – COFFEE BREAK

4:00 - 6:00 pm

• Round Table:
  HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEFINITION, MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
• Moderator:
  Jeanette Beauchamp – MEC - Brazil
• Participants:
  Fernando Haddad – Brazilian Vice Minister of Education
  Eliezer Moreira Pacheco – Inep - Brazil
  Juan Carlos Navarro – IADB
  Alice Abreu – OEA
  Michael Bruneforth – UIS - Canadá

6:00 pm – END DAILY ACTIVITIES

Thursday, June 16

BOTICELLI HALL

SEMINAR
TRANSPARENCY IN EDUCATION REPORTING: HEMISPHERIC PRACTICES

9:00 - 9:30am – Welcome

• Alice Abreu – Director, Office of Education, Science and Technology, OAS
• Seminar Focus and Objectives
  Rafael Nevarez – Western Hemisphere Coordinator, U.S. Department of Education

9:30 - 10:10am

• Context:
  TRENDS IN EDUCATION REPORTING IN THE REGION
  Pedro Ravela – PISA National Project Manager - Uruguay

10:10 - 10:30am – Discussion

10:45am - 12:00pm

• Panel I:
  PROVIDING PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION
• Moderator:
  Alice Abreu – Director, Office of Education, Science and Technology, OAS
  Report Cards Online: A Brief Look at Selected U.S. Web Sites
  Laurence Ogle – PIRLS National Research Coordinator, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
• SIMCE: Public Information About Learning Outcomes
  Lorena Meckes – National Coordinator for SIMCE, Ministry of Education, Chile
• EDUDATA - Brasil
  Linda Goulart – Director, National Institute for Educational Research and Studies (INEP), Brazil

12:00 - 12:30pm

• Panel II:
  COMMENTS & DISCUSSION

2:00 - 3:00pm

• Panel II:
  THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN DISSEMINATING EDUCATION INFORMATION
• Moderator:
  Lenore Yaffee Garcia – Chief, Education and Culture Division, Office of Education, Science and Technology, OAS
• PREAL Regional and National Report Cards
  Tamara Ortega Goodspeed – Associate, Education, Inter-American Dialogue/PREAL
• Colombia’s Experience with National and State-Level Report Cards
  Isabel Fernandes – Director for Pedagogical Innovations, Corpoeducación, Colombia
• Business Involvement in Reporting Education Information in Panama
  Tania Fiedler de Gordon – Director of the Education Commission, COSPAE, Panama
  

3:00 - 3:30pm

• Panel II:
  COMMENTS & DISCUSSION
  

3:45 - 4:45pm

• Panel III:
  INFORMING AND MOBILIZING THE PUBLIC: THE ROLE OF THE PRESS
• Moderator:
  Rafael Nevarez – Western Hemisphere Coordinator, U.S. Department of Education
• Educación, Compromiso de Todos
  Wendy Arenas Wightman – Director, Office of Social Responsibility, El Tiempo, Colombia
• Disseminating Assessment Results via the Press
  Tacyana Arce – Journalism Coordinator, Radio UFMG Educativa, Brazil

4:45 - 5:15pm

• Panel III:
  COMMENTS & DISCUSSION

5:15 - 5:45pm

• CLOSING COMMENTS AND REVIEW OF THE DAY
  Lenore Yaffee Garcia – Chief, Education and Culture Division, Office of Education, Science and Technology, OAS
  

Friday, June 17

BOTICELLI HALL

8:30 - 10:30 am

• Presentation of Proposal and Debate on QUALITY IN EDUCATION, based on discussions in day 1, 2 and 3
• Presenters:
  Luiz Dourado – Brazil
  Catarina de Almeida Santos – Brazil
  João Ferreira de Oliveira – Brazil
• Moderator:
  (to confirm)

10:30 - 10:45 pm – COFFEE BREAK

10:45 - 12:15 pm

• II HEMISPHERIC FORUM AGREEMENTS AND RECOMENDATIONS
• Direction:
  Ronaldo Teixeira da Silva – MEC - Brazil

12:15 - 12:45 pm

• CLOSING CEREMONY
  Tarso Genro – Brazilian Minister of Education
  Eliezer Moreira Pacheco – President of National Institute for Educational Research and Studies - Inep
  Francisco das Chagas Fernándes – Secretary, SEB – MEC - Brazil
  Lenore García – Office of Education, Science and Technology - OAS
  Ana Luiza Machado – Director, UNESCO/OREALC
  Ana Maria Aceves – Ministry of Education - Mexico

1:00 pm – LUNCH