ABSTRACT
The strong business backing provided to the New American Schools Development Corporation (NASDC) and its founding in the public debate concerning America 2000 ensured that it would be deeply concerned with public accountability. 1 NASDC was renamed New American Schools (NAS) as the designs approached Phase 3, and in this chapter, we will use the new name throughout. Since its creation, NAS attempted to track and report to the public on its program of reform (see chapter 1). As part of this effort to be responsive to public scrutiny, NAS asked the RAND Corporation to perform part of the analytic support needed to provide both internal information for making decisions and public information about progress.
