For Further Information
For Further Information
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School Variation and Systemic Instructional Improvement in Community School District #2, New York City. High Performance Learning Communites Project." Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, October 1997.
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High Stakes: Testing for Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation. Committee on Appropriate Test Use. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999.
http://books.nap.edu/catalog/ 6336.html
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Figuring It Out: Standards-based Reforms in Urban Middle Grades." Available from The Program for Student Achievement, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, 250 Park Ave., New York, NY 10177-0026; 212-551-9100.
http://middleweb.com/EMCF.html
Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS). An on-line, standards-based resource bank of science performance-assessment tasks indexed to the National Science Education Standards (NSES).
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