What Portfolios Cost.The costs of using a performancebased assessment are examined in a new study by a Cornell University Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000 and a tract of land. With the help of state senator Andrew D. professor of educational administration. In his study, "The Costs of Authentic Pupil Performance Assessment," David H. Monk monk: see monasticism. examined per-pupil costs for statewide assessment programs in states of varying size. Perpupil costs ranged from $36.97 in a small-size" state, such as Vermont Vermont (vərmŏnt`) [Fr.,=green mountain], New England state of the NE United States. It is bordered by New Hampshire, across the Connecticut R. , to $29.26 for a state the size of Texas. The cost estimates are compared to projections from an early federal government survey, Monk said. Copies of his study are available from Darryl Darryl is a common English name from Old English and Old French origin, generally used for males, but also can be the name of a female. It was used since the time of the Norman Saxon invasion of England. Geddes, News Services, Cornell University, 840 Hanshaw Road, Ithaca, N.Y 14850-1548. |
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