A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

Executive Summary

December 1999

Prepared for:

Prepared by:

Michael S. Garet
Beatrice F. Birman
Andrew C. Porter
Laura Desimone
Rebecca Herman
  with Kwang Suk Yoon

Project Management:

Andrew C. Porter, Principal Investigator, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Beatrice F. Birman, Project Director, American Institutes for Research
Michael S. Garet, Deputy Project Director, American Institutes for Research

The report was prepared pursuant to Contract Number EA97001001, U.S. Department of Education (Elizabeth Eisner, Project Officer).

The views expressed herein are those of the contractor. No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education is intended or should be inferred.

U.S. Department of Education
Richard W. Riley
Secretary

Office of the Under Secretary
Marshall S. Smith
Under Secretary (A)

Planning and Evaluation Service
Alan L. Ginsburg
Director

December 1999

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