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Title Standards-based accountability under no child left behind : experiences of teachers and administrators in three states / Laura S. Hamilton [and others]
Published Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 275 pages) : illustrations
Contents Ch. 1: Introduction -- ch. 2: Study design and methods -- ch. 3: SBA systems in California, Georgia, and Pennsylvania -- ch. 4: Educators' opinions about standards, assessments, and accountability -- ch. 5: School and district improvement strategies -- ch. 6: Instructional practices related to standards and assessments -- ch. 7: Perceived barriers to school improvement -- ch. 8: Conclusions and implications -- Appendix A: Sampling and survey responses -- Appendix B: Supplementary tables -- Appendix C: Superintendent, principal, and teacher surveys
Summary Since 2001-2002, standards-based accountability (SBA) provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) have shaped the work of public school teachers and administrators in the United States. NCLB requires each state to develop content and achievement standards in several subjects, administer tests to measure students' progress toward these standards, develop targets for performance on these tests, and impose a series of interventions on schools and districts that do not meet the targets. Many states had such systems in place before NCLB took effect, but, since 2001-2002, every state i
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275)
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Subject United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
SUBJECT No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (United States) fast
Subject Educational accountability -- California
Educational accountability -- Georgia
Educational accountability -- Pennsylvania
Education -- Standards -- California
Education -- Standards -- Georgia
Education -- Standards -- Pennsylvania
EDUCATION -- Finance.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Children's Studies.
Education -- Standards
Educational accountability
Educação -- Estados unidos.
Administração da educação -- Estados unidos.
California
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Form Electronic book
Author Hamilton, Laura S.
ISBN 9780833042705
083304270X
1281180785
9781281180780
9786611180782
6611180788