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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 434 798 SE 058 473 TITLE Performance Standards: English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Applied Learning, Volume 2. Middle School. Consultation Draft. INSTITUTION National Center on Education and the Economy, Washington, DC SPONS AGENCY Pew Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia, PA.; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL. PUB DATE 1995-00-00 NOTE 217p.; For Volume 1 (Elementary School) and Volume 3(High School), see SE 058 472 and SE 058 474. Support for the development of these standards was also provided by the New Standard's Partners. AVAILABLE FROM National Center on Education and the Economy, "New Standards", 700 11th Street NW, #750, Washington, DC 20001. Tel: 202-783-3668. PUB TYPE Guides - Classroom - Teacher (052)-- Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC09 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Academic Standards; *Language Arts; Learning Activities; *Mathematics Education; Middle Schools; *Performance Based Assessment; *Science Education ABSTRACT "New Standards" is the result of a collaboration between the Learning Research and Development Center and the National Center on Education and the Economy, in partnership with states and urban districts, working to build an assessment system with which to measure students' progress toward meeting national standards at internationally benchmarked levels. The New Standards assessment system has three interrelated components: (1) performance standards;(2) an on-demand examination; and (3) a portfolio system. Standards are provided for English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Applied Learning at the middle school level.(Contains 22 references.) 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