What is the Trial Urban Disrict Assessment (TUDA)?
The Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) was created in 2002, at the suggestion of and in cooperation with the Council of the Great City Schools, a coalition of the nation’s largest urban school districts. Home to some of the largest and most diverse student populations in the country, urban school districts increasingly wanted to track and compare the performance of their students in a way that would be relevant and meaningful. In 2002, five urban districts and the District of Columbia participated in the first TUDA assessment in reading and writing. In 2003, TUDA expanded to 10 districts (plus the District of Columbia) and assessed students in reading and mathematics. In 2005, the TUDA assessment was conducted in reading, mathematics, and science and included the following districts: Atlanta City School District, Austin Independent School District, Boston School District, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, City of Chicago School District 299, Cleveland Municipal School District, Housto
