Directors' Summary            Directors' Summary of Technical Reports on Milwaukee Public            Schools Policy, Information systems, and Instructional Alignment              William H. Clune and Norman L. Webb

Report on Accountability The School Accountability System William H. Clune

Report on the Information System Information System Design in Support of Reform Efforts Christopher A. Thorn

Report on Alignment Study of Alignment Norman L. Webb and Todd Bloom             Abstract        I.    Introduction        II.   The Importance of System Alignment for Student Attainment of MPS Standards        III.  Current Status of Milwaukee Public Schools' Standards and Expectations        IV. Current Status of the MPS Assessment System        V.  The New MPS Assessment System        VI.  Design of Proposed Alignment Study       VII.  Conclusions              REFERENCES              Summary Charts of MPS Assessment Systems                    MPS Mathematics Assessment System                    MPS Language Arts Assessment System                    MPS Science Assessment System                    Language Arts Depth-of-Complexity Levels              Appendix A:  Language Arts Depth-of-Complexity Levels