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

Assessment of Student Performance April 1997

EXHIBIT 2-3

16 Round One Sites*

SITES

State-level assessments:

  • Arizona Assessment Reform, Manzanita High School
  • Kentucky Assessment Reform, Breckenridge Middle School
  • Maryland Assessment Reform, Walters Middle School
  • New York Regents Portfolios, Hudson High School
  • Oregon Assessment Reform, Crandall High School
  • Vermont Portfolios, Maple Leaf Middle School

    District-level assessments:

  • Harrison School District 2's Performance-Based Curriculum,
    McGary Elementary School (CO)
  • South Brunswick Township Public Schools' Sixth Grade Research Performance Assessment,
    Windermere Elementary School (NJ)
  • Prince William County Public Schools' Applications Assessments,
    Westgate Middle School (VA)

    School-level assessments:

  • Language Arts and Math Portfolios, Ni?os Bonitos Elementary School (CA)
  • Primary Learning Record, Park Elementary School (NY)
  • Rite of Passage Experience, Thoreau High School (WI)

    National-level assessment projects:

  • New Standards Project, Ann Chester Elementary School (TX)
  • New Standards Project, Noakes Elementary School (IA)
  • Coalition of Essential Schools, Cooper Middle School (NM)
  • The College Board's Pacesetter Mathematics Program, Sommerville High School (MD)


* All schools have been assigned pseudonyms.

Exhibit 2-4 provides information about the characteristics of each of the 16 sites included in the study sample. As illustrated, these characteristics demonstrate the variation we achieved in our sample with respect to our selection criteria.