Steve: I not 100% positive, but I know I think they're still working on the porfolio benchmark part of the tool. As far as developing the tool for developing standards-based programs, that is up and running. Roberta Cota :) Happy New Year! -----Original Message----- From: Steve Rack <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 6:19 AM Subject: [MLMATHNET] Whatever happened to IBM "Reinventing Education" >While clearing the recyclables out from under my desk I found a press >release from 1997 about "Reinventing Education." As I recall this was >supposed to change our lives:-) I checked out the web site, it's >still there but appears moribund. One of the features we were >promised back in '97 was a portfolio scoring tool. Was that ever >developed? I'd love to see a searchable database of benchmarks >online. Imagine doing a quick search for all 8'th grade portfolio >problems that score a level three bullet two for connections. That >WOULD change my life! >-- >Steve Rack >Guilford Center School >Guilford, VT. >