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Strong states, weak schools : the benefits and dilemmas of centralized accountability /
Civic leaders around the globe now press educators to raise the performance of students and schools. Backed by a colorful array of odd bedfellows - from corporate interests to advocates for the poor - politicians seek to narrow the aims of learning, advance routine curricular packages, and tightly a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bingley :
Emerald JAI,
2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Research in sociology of education ;
v. 16. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Liberal learning in centralizing states / Bruce Fuller
- Accountability and teaching practices: school-level actions and teacher responses / Laura S. Hamilton [and others]
- District leaders eroding school coherence? The interpretation of accountability mandates / Thomas F. Luschei and Gayle S. Christensen
- Tightening the ship or slowly sinking? Reshaping teacher's work conditions / Kristin Gordon
- Raising achievement or closing gaps? Identifying effective accountability tools / Melissa K. Henne and Heeju Jang
- High stakes diplomas: organizational responses to California's high school exit exam / Jennifer Jellison Holme
- District capacity and accountability: professional development as reform tool / Soung Bae
- Exit exams and organizational change in a vocational high school / Michele Schmidt [and others].