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No child left behind? : the politics and practice of school accountability /

Annotation "The first scholarly assessment of the new legislation, No Child Left Behind? breaks new ground in the ongoing debate over accountability. Contributors examine the law's origins, the political and social forces that gave it shape, the potential issues that will surface with its...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Peterson, Paul E., West, Martin R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2003.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Politics and practice of accountability / Martin R. West, Paul E. Peterson
  • pt. 1. The Politics of Accountability
  • 2. No child left behind : forging a congressional compromise / Andrew Rudalevige
  • 3. Refining or retreating? : high stakes accountability in the states / Frederick M. Hess
  • 4. Politics, control, and the future of school accountability / Terry M. Moe
  • 5. Rethinking accountability politics / Jennifer Hochschild
  • pt. 2. The Practice of School Accountability
  • 6. Lessons about the design of state accountability systems / Eric A. Hanushek, Margaret E. Raymond
  • 7. Unintended consequences of racial subgroup rules / Thomas J. Kane, Douglas O. Staiger
  • 8. Charter school achievement and accountability / Tom Loveless
  • 9. The effects of accountability in California / Julian R. Betts, Anne Danenberg
  • pt. 3. The promise of student accountability
  • 10. The "first wave" of accountability / Thomas S. Dee
  • 11. No child left behind, Chicago style / Anthony S. Bryk
  • 12. A closer look at achievement gains under high-stakes testing in Chicago / Brian A. Jacob
  • 13. Central exit exams and student achievement : international evidence / Ludger Wö³mann.