The Montgomery County Public Schools system in Maryland has initiated a demonstration project which will administer the released writing exercises from the National Assessment of Educational Progress to a random sample of students aged 13 and 17. This project will be unique in terms of the application of NAEP exercises in a local school district. The objectives of the project pertain to developing the capability of selecting a random and representative sample of students, the preparation of test booklets and manuals using criterion-referenced tests, the training of examiners, the training of scorers, the development of data processing capability for these tests, and preparing reports for the professional staff and for the public. (Author) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Procedures (Replication).