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New Standards Project (Benchmark Activities)
Pages 74-78

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... I~ernatio~ Organization Years of Data Collection Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh and the National Center on Education and the Economy Ongoing from 1993 Purpose The New Standards Project is a voluntary association committed to the joint development of new standards and new examination systems for U.S. schools.
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From page 75...
... Teachers and other education professionals in each partner country review the research analysis at each step of data collection and interpretation to provide assistance in understanding official documents and to fill the gap between those documents and actual classroom practice. Internationally benchmarking the New Standards assessment system includes comparing it with other assessment systems, where they exist, and otherwise with testing or examining practices.
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From page 76...
... To benchmark not only to current practice but to education reforms underway or being planned, the following information is needed from each of the countries chosen for benchmarking: plans currently mandated by the ministry of education, either in the development or implementation stage; "best guesses" from university and research personnel; "best guesses" from university and research personnel regarding the direction of change; and research and development work conducted by companies developing texts and other curricular materials. As American states are working with their districts to articulate both content and performance standards and to benchmark against internationally competitive mathematics achievement, the leading states are raising expectations for their own students.
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From page 77...
... Resnick, Co-director Learning Research Development Center University of Pittsburgh 3939 O'Hara St., Rm. 824 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 telephone: 412/ 624-7485 facsimile: 412/ 624-3051 Marc Tucker, Co-director National Center on Education and the Economy 39 State Street, Suite 500 Rochester, New York 14612 telephone: 716/ 546-7620 facsimile: 716/ 546-3145 Katherine Nolan, Coordinator for International Benchmarking Learning Research and Development Center 3939 O'Hara Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 telephone: 412/ 624-8319 facsimile: 412/ 624-1470 Resnick, Lauren B., and Katherine J
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From page 78...
... * NOTE: This study summary was reviewed and edited by the office of Lauren Resnick at the Learning Research and Development Center in Pittsburgh in May 1994; Katherine Nolan provided database information on December 6, 1994.
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