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The support and participation of several individuals and institutions made this study possible. We are grateful to the state and district education agency personnel and to the principals, teachers, students, parents, and school board members who devoted large amounts of their precious time to answer our questions and to guide us in understanding the issues related to assessment reform. We regret that our promise of anonymity leaves them without the public recognition they deserve.
We also are grateful to David Sweet, the OERI monitor of Studies of Education Reform: Assessment of Student Performance, whose incisive feedback guided our work at every step, and to Ruth Mitchell, who served as Project Manager during the study's initial stages and as Senior Advisor during the later years. Her steady interest in and support of the project was invaluable.
This study also benefitted from the participation and general support of the members of our Advisory Committee, including: Dr. George Elford, Educational Testing Service (retired); Dr. Lauren Resnick, Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Ramsay Selden, Council of Chief State School Officers (now of the Education Statistical Services Institute); Dr. Karen Sheingold, Educational Testing Service; Dr. Loretta Shepard, Department of Education, University of Colorado; and Dr. Grant Wiggins, Center on Learning, Assessment, and School Structure. In 1991-92, the Advisory Committee members also included: Dr. Robert Mislevy, Educational Testing Service, and Mr. Sol Pelavin, American Institutes for Research.
We also wish to acknowledge the capable support and contributions of the following individuals: Kerry Traylor, Doug Levin, Ray Varisco, Gwen Pegram, Kimberly Cook, B. J. Horgeshimer, Calvin Hawkins, Michael Garet, Kimberly Gordon, Rebecca Shulman, and Shelley Kirkpatrick, all at Pelavin Research Institute; and Amy Stempel and Stepahnie Soper, both at the Council for Basic Education.
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