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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1996. Evaluation of "Redesigning the National Assessment of Educational Progress". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5419.
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Evaluation of “Redesigning the National Assessment of Educational Progress”

Committee on Evaluation of National and State Assessments of Educational Progress

Board on Testing and Assessment

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

National Research Council

National Academy Press
Washington, D.C.
1996

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1996. Evaluation of "Redesigning the National Assessment of Educational Progress". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5419.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competencies and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts is president of the National Academy of Sciences.

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts and Dr. William A. Wulf are chairman and interim vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council.

The work of the Committee on the Evaluation of National and State Assessments of Educational Progress is supported by the U.S. Department of Education under Grant No. EA95083001.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1996. Evaluation of "Redesigning the National Assessment of Educational Progress". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5419.
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COMMITTEE ON THE EVALUATION OF NATIONAL AND STATE ASSESSMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS

JAMES W. PELLEGRINO

(Chair),

Peabody College of Education and Human Development and Learning Technology Center, Vanderbilt University

GAIL BAXTER,

School of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

NORMAN M. BRADBURN,

National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago

ALLAN COLLINS,

Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts

STEPHEN B. DUNBAR,

College of Education, University of Iowa

THOMAS H. FISHER,

Bureau of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee

LARRY V. HEDGES,

Department of Education, University of Chicago

SHARON JOHNSON-LEWIS,

Department of Research, Development and Coordination, Detroit Public Schools, Michigan

RODERICK J.A. LITTLE,

Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan

ELSIE G.J. MOORE,

College of Education, Division of Psychology in Education, Arizona State University

NAMBURY S. RAJU,

Institute of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago

MARLENE SCARDAMALIA,

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Canada

GUADALUPE VALDES,

School of Education and Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Stanford University

SHEILA W. VALENCIA,

Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, University of Washington, Seattle

LAURESS L. WISE,

Human Resources Research Organization, Alexandria, Virginia

MICHAEL J. FEUER,

Director,

Board on Testing and Assessment

KAREN J. MITCHELL,

Senior Program Officer

HOLLY WELLS,

Administrative Assistant

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1996. Evaluation of "Redesigning the National Assessment of Educational Progress". Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5419.
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BOARD ON TESTING AND ASSESSMENT 1995-1996

RICHARD J. SHAVELSON

(Chair),

School of Education, Stanford University

LAURIE J. BASSI

(Vice Chair),

American Society for Training and Development, Alexandria, Virginia

ROBERT L. LINN

(Vice Chair),

School of Education, University of Colorado

RICHARD C. ATKINSON,

President,

University of California

IRALINE G. BARNES,

Potomac Electric Power Co., Washington, D.C.

DAVID C. BERLINER,

College of Education, Arizona State University

PAUL J. BLACK,

School of Education, King's College, London

RICHARD F. ELMORE,

Graduate School of Education, Harvard University

ARTHUR S. GOLDBERGER,

Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin

EDMUND W. GORDON,

Department of Psychology, City University of New York

PAUL W. HOLLAND,

Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley

SYLVIA T. JOHNSON,

School of Education, Howard University

CARL F. KAESTLE,

Department of Education, University of Chicago

MICHAEL W. KIRST,

School of Education, Stanford University

LUIS M. LAOSA,

Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey

RENÉE S. LERCHE,

Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan

ALAN M. LESGOLD,

Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh

JAMES L. OUTTZ,

Outtz and Associates, Washington, D.C.

PAUL R. SACKETT,

Industrial Relations Center, University of Minnesota

ALAN H. SCHOENFELD,

Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley

WILLIAM L. TAYLOR,

Attorney at Law, Washington, D.C.

EWART A.C. THOMAS,

Department of Psychology, Stanford University

JACK WHALEN,

Institute for Research on Learning, Lewisville, Texas

MICHAEL J. FEUER,

Director

JAN LIVERANCE,

Administrative Assistant

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