Facilities

The headquarters and primary offices of Measurement Incorporated are located at 423 Morris Street in downtown Durham, North Carolina. At this location, MI owns two adjacent, renovated, historic buildings which comprise about 149,000 square feet. These house our research and test development, data analysis, information technology, and printing and publishing operations, main scoring center, and space for receiving and distribution. In addition, we lease a 20,635 square foot storage warehouse two blocks away and an additional 12,000 square foot scoring center in Office Area 6 of Northgate Mall at 1058 West Club Boulevard in Durham. MI also leases offices and scoring space in the following cities:

• Aurora, Illinois. This facility was opened in 1999 in the Yorkshire Plaza at Route 59 and East New York Street. It comprises 16,654 square feet.
• Catonsville, Maryland. MI opened a scoring facility near Baltimore in January 2000. Located at 746 Frederick Road, this facility measures 14,950 square feet.
• Charlotte, North Carolina. MI occupies 10,132 square feet at 3205 Freedom Drive. MI has operated a scoring facility in Charlotte since 1993.
• Coldwater, Kansas. This office opened in 1999 to assist with test development activities and publishing services as well as scoring projects. It is located at 400 E. Walnut Street.
• Grand Rapids, Michigan. This scoring center comprises 11,620 square feet and is located at 2630 Remico Street, SW, in Wyoming, Michigan. The Grand Rapids scoring site was opened in 1996.
• Greensboro, North Carolina. This scoring center occupies 14,360 square feet in the Spring Valley Shopping Center at 435 West Meadowview Road. MI has operated a scoring facility in Greensboro since 1986.
• Nashville, Tennessee. Located in the Haywood Oaks TechneCenter at 3800 Ezell Road, Suite 810, this facility occupies 16,510 square feet. MI opened the Nashville center in 1998.
• Tampa, Florida. MI maintains 16,045 square feet in the Fountain Oaks Business Center at 3627-B West Waters Avenue. The Tampa center has been in operation since 1994.
• Wilmington, North Carolina. MI opened a scoring center in Wilmington in 1998. The current facility is part of the Coastline Center at 505 Nutt Street and measures about 6,018 square feet.
• Ypsilanti, Michigan. The 16,200 square foot Ypsilanti scoring center was opened in 1999. It is located in Gault Village at 1057 Emerick Street.

From time to time, MI leases additional scoring space near our main offices, and sometimes we operate temporary scoring centers in the client's home state.

Our scoring sites are all located in growing communities with major universities and technological/industrial bases. These areas attract a professional, creative, well-educated work force. With annual evaluation of more than four million tests, MI must maintain a pool of hundreds of college-degreed reader/evaluators at each of our scoring centers.

Scoring Center Features
Our facilities are specially designed to complement assessment scoring activities. All of our scoring centers have the following features in common:

• A multi-line telephone, fax machine, copier, and network of personal computers are located in each office area.
• All scoring centers are equipped with heating/air conditioning units designed to remove and recirculate the air within the facility.
• During regular scoring projects, scoring personnel sit two to a six-foot table, allowing sufficient room for training materials. All chairs are padded for personal comfort.
• All scoring center areas, including restrooms, are fully accessible and appropriately equipped for handicapped individuals.
• Hot and cold water, tea, and coffee are provided free of charge in the employee lounge areas, which are also equipped with drink and snack machines and microwave ovens. Additional food and drink are available at nearby retail outlets.

Waste Management
Because the nature of our business requires us to use large quantities of paper products, we think that it is particularly important to exercise ecologically responsible and environmentally sound policies within our facilities. Whenever possible, we use recycled paper to produce our printed and copied materials. We also regularly pay to have our recyclable paper and cardboard products removed for reprocessing and reuse. Measurement Incorporated actively and enthusiastically participates in other forms of solid waste management as well. Our offices save and donate glass, plastic, aluminum, and steel drink containers to recycling programs.

Security
A primary concern during any assessment scoring effort is the security of assessment materials and the confidentiality of examinee identity. Measurement Incorporated appreciates and shares these concerns and routinely implements a number of measures to help safeguard student responses while they are in our possession.

• Student responses are arranged in numbered packets with no other personal identifying information. Packets are stored in a secure warehouse before and after being scored.
• Recording or photographic equipment is not allowed in the scoring areas without express consent of the client.
• Training materials and actual student responses must remain on the premises during a project.
• Student responses may not be photocopied unless they are to be used for training materials, client decision/documentation, or other purposes specifically authorized by the client agency. Only supervisory personnel and clerical aides are permitted to photocopy them.
• At the beginning of every assessment project, each employee assigned to that project is required to sign a confidentiality and nondisclosure form.
• Our headquarters, scoring centers and warehouses utilize an electronic security system during non-business hours.

Additional security measures are incorporated into project specifications as necessary to accommodate client needs.

Measurement Incorporated acknowledges that the arrangement, planning, and maintenance of our facilities ultimately affect our ability to perform our services in the professional and efficient manner our clients have come to expect. The policies we observe and procedures we undertake further ensure our reputation as leaders in the field.