PRESS CONTACTS

 

The following is a list of contact persons for jurisdictions that participated in the TIMSS 1999 Benchmarking Study who may be contacted with questions regarding particular jurisdictions' results.

 

STATES

Connecticut Connecticut State Department of Education P.O. Box 2219 Hartford CT 06145 Contact: Thomas Murphy Phone: (860) 566-8792 Fax: (860) 566-8964	Idaho Idaho Department of Education P.O. Box 83720 Boise ID 83720-0027 Contact: Allison Westfall Phone: (208) 332-6812 Fax: (208) 332-6836
Illinois Illinois State Board of Education 100 North First Street Springfield IL 62777 Contact: Pam Stanko Phone: (217) 782-4823 Fax: (217) 782-6097	Indiana Indiana Education Roundtable c/o Indiana Commission for Higher Education 101 West Ohio Street, Suite 550 Indianapolis IN 46204 Contact: Cheryl Orr Phone: (317) 464-4400 ext.19 Fax: (317) 464-4410 Home office phone: (765) 523-2550 Pager: (317) 301-0228
Maryland Maryland Department of Education 200 West Baltimore Street Baltimore MD 21201 Contact: Dr. Ronald A. Peiffer Phone: (410) 767-0473	Massachusetts Massachusetts Department of Education 350 Main Street Malden MA 02148 Contact: Jonathan Palumbo Phone: (781) 338-3105 Fax: (781) 338-3195
Michigan Michigan Department of Education 608 West Allegan Lansing MI 48933 Contact: Charles R. Allan Phone: (517) 373-1024 Fax: (517) 335-2473	Missouri Missouri Department of Education 205 Jefferson Street P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City MO 65102-0480 Contact: James Friedebach Phone: (573) 751-1395 Fax: (573) 526-0812
North Carolina North Carolina Department of Public Instruction 301 North Wilmington Street Raleigh NC 27601 Contact: Tammy L. Howard Phone: (919) 807-3777 Fax: (919) 715-1204	Oregon Oregon Department of Education 255 Capitol Street, NE Salem OR 97310-0203 Contact: Wayne Neuberger Phone: (503) 378-3600 Fax: (503) 373-7968
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Department of Education 333 Market Street Harrisburg PA 17126 Contact: R. Jay Gift Phone: (717) 783-1144 Fax: (717) 772-3621	South Carolina South Carolina Department of Education 607 Rutledge Building 1429 Senate Street Columbia SC 29201 Contact: Theresa Siskind Phone: (803) 734-8298 Fax: (803) 734-8886
Texas Texas Education Agency 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin TX 78701-1494 Contact: Debbie Graves Ratcliffe Phone: (512) 463-9000 Fax: (512) 463-5947

 

DISTRICTS

Academy School District #20 7610 North Union Boulevard Colorado Springs CO 80920 Contact: Nannette Anderson Phone: (719) 598-2566 Fax: (719) 598-9534	Chicago Public Schools 125 South Clark St, 11th Floor Chicago IL 60603 Contact: Joseph E. Hahn Phone: (773) 553-2434
Delaware Science Coalition Delaware Foundation for Science and Mathematics Education Room 1115, Community Service Building 100 West 10th Street Wilmington DE 19801 Contact: John W. Collette Phone: (302) 397-0034 Fax: (302) 397-0036	First in the World Consortium 1250 Sanders Road Northbrook IL 60062 Contact: David J. Kroeze Phone: (847) 498-2610 Fax: (847) 498-5916
Fremont/Lincoln/Westside Public Schools 957 North Pierce Street Fremont NE 68025 Contact: Stephen Sexton Phone: (402) 727-3007 Fax: (402) 727-3002	Guilford County Schools 712 N. Eugene St. Greensboro NC 27401 Contact: Julie Zwahr Phone: (336) 370-8386 Fax: (336) 370-8294
Jersey City Public Schools Jersey City Board of Education 346 Claremont Avenue Jersey City NJ 07305 Contact: Aldo Sanchez-Abreu Phone: (201) 915-6091 Fax: (201) 915-6787	Miami-Dade County Public Schools 1500 Biscayne Boulevard Suite 327-T Miami FL 33132 Contact: Joseph Burke Phone: (305) 995-2341 Fax: (305) 995-1985
Michigan Invitational Group Michigan Department of Education 658 Grat Strasse Road Manchester MI 48158 Contact: Robert Dunn Phone: (734) 428-7307 Fax: (734) 428-1197	Montgomery County Public Schools 850 Hungerford Drive Rockville MD 20850 Contact: John C. Larson Phone: (301) 279-3174 Fax: (301) 279-3849
Naperville Community School District 203 203 Hillside Road Naperville IL 60540 Contact: Jodi Wirt Phone: (630) 420-6319 Fax: (630) 420-4580	Project SMART Consortium 22800 Cedar Point Road Cleveland OH 44142 Contact: Terry Krivak Phone: (440) 962-3094 Fax: (440) 962-3057
Rochester City School District 131 West Broad Street Rochester NY 14614 Contact: Barbara Jarzynieki Phone: (716) 262-8279 Fax: (716) 262-8472	Southwest Pennsylvania Math and Science Collaborative 2650 Regional Enterprise Tower 425 Sixth Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15219 Contact: Nancy R. Bunt Phone: (412) 201-7404

 

TIMSS 1999 Benchmarking is a project of the International Study Center
Boston College, Lynch School of Education