WITNESS LIST

Education Committee
September 7, 2004 - 9:00A


Charge #1-Dropout Reporting & Charge #6-Accountability
       ON:        Chandler, Lisa Director, Student Assessment (Texas
                         Education Agency), Austin, TX
                  Cloudt, Criss Assoc. Comm., Acct & Data Quality
                         (Texas Education Agency), Austin, TX
                  Conoly, Katherine Exec. Dir. Instructional Support
                         (Corpus Christi I.S.D.), Corpus Christi, TX
                  Dvorak, Karen Director, Div. of Acct. Research
                         (Texas Education Agency), Austin, TX
                  Eason, Terry (Duncanville I.S.D.), Duncanville, TX
                  Galloway, Cathy Exec. Director of Student Services
                         (Plano ISD), Plano, TX
                  Hewett, Mary Exec. Dir. of Instructional Tech (Plano
                         ISD), Plano, TX
                  Kubach, Douglas President/CEO (Pearson Educational
                         Measurement), Upper Saddle River, NJ
                  Pritchett, Melanie Asst. Vice Chancellor (UT
                         System), Austin, TX
                  Reyes, Pedro Assoc. Vice Chancellor (UT System),
                         Austin, TX
                  Twing, John Vice President (Pearson Educational
                         Measurement), Iowa City, IA

  Registering, but not testifying:
       On:        Johnson, Guy M. Representative (TEPLAN-Terry Eason),
                         Terrell, TX
                  M. Wright, Silvia Representative (TEPLAN-Terry
                         Eason), Terrell, TX

Charge #2-Performance on TAKS
       ON:        Chandler, Lisa Director, Student Assessment (Texas
                         Education Agency), Austin, TX
                  Dougherty, Chrys Director of Research (National
                         Center for Educational Accountability),
                         Austin, TX
                  Kubach, Douglas President/CEO (Pearson Educational
                         Measurement), Upper Saddle River, TX
                  Twing, John Vice President (Pearson Educational
                         Measurement), Iowa City, IA

Charge #5-Textbooks
       ON:        Bauer, Linda Member, State Board of Education
                         (Self), The Woodlands, TX
                  Leos, Robert Senior Director Textbook Administration
                         (Texas Education Agency), Austin, TX
                  Miller, Geraldine "Tincy" Chair, State Board of
                         Education (Self), Dallas, TX
                  Thornton, Cynthia A. Vice Chair, State Board of
                         Education (Self), Round Top, TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
       On:        Dupree, Conrad Regional Manager (Harcourt Achieve-
                         Saxon Mathematics), Norman, OK

Charge #7-Business and Education Partnerships
       ON:        James, Joy M. Beaumont ISD Coor. Sch. Vol. (Texas
                         Association of Partners in Education (TAPE)),
                         Beaumont, TX
                  Rivera, Robert Executive Director (Project GRAD
                         USA), Houston, TX
                  Silva, Linda (Georgetown Partners in Education),
                         Georgetown, TX
                  Stevens, John Executive Director (Texas Business and
                         Education Coalition), Austin, TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
       On:        Wagner, George Mentor (Georgetown Partners in
                         Education), Georgetown, TX

Public Testimony
       ON:        Beam, Bradley Director Legal & Gov. Affairs (Ignite!
                         Inc.), Austin, TX
                  Swincher, Dave President (JA of Texas), Austin, TX
                  Whelan, Lauren (Association of Texas Professional
                         Educators), Austin, TX

  Registering, but not testifying:
       On:        Rosenberg, Patricia Board President TX Partners in
                         Edu (Self), Houston, TX