Description |
1 online resource (vi, 218 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Conditions and characteristics of assessment and accountability : the case of four states / Diana Rhoten [and others] -- Internal alignment and external pressure : high school responses in four state contexts / Elizabeth DeBray, Gail Parson, Salvador Avila -- Outside the core : accountability in tested and untested subjects / Leslie Santee Siskin -- Leadership and the demands of standards-based accountability / Richard Lemons, Thomas F. Luschei, Leslie Santee Siskin -- Listening to talk from and about students on accountability / Melissa Chabrán -- The impact of accountability policies in Texas high schools / Martin Carnoy, Susanna Loeb, Tiffany L. Smith -- When an irresistible force meets an immovable object : core lessons about high schools and accountability / Leslie Santee Siskin -- Accountability and capacity / Richard Elmore |
Summary |
When it comes to the issue of US education reform, hopeful politicians, liberal and conservative alike, have long touted the promises of 'standards-based accountability'. But do accountability-based reforms actually work? What happens when they encounter the formidable challenge of the comprehensive high school?The New Accountability explores the current wave of assessment-based accountability reforms at the high school level in the United States |
Analysis |
Multi-User: limited to 5 simultaneous users |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Educational accountability -- United States -- Case studies
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High schools -- Standards -- United States -- Case studies
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School improvement programs -- United States -- Case studies
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EDUCATION -- Finance.
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Educational accountability
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High schools -- Standards
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School improvement programs
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Fallstudiensammlung
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High school
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Schulleistungsmessung
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Política educacional -- Estados unidos.
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Ensino médio -- Estados unidos.
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Responsabilidade (educação) -- Estados unidos.
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United States
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Carnoy, Martin
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Elmore, Richard F
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Siskin, Leslie Santee
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LC no. |
2003001504 |
ISBN |
0203465636 |
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9780203465639 |
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9781135938581 |
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113593858X |
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9780203475270 |
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0203475275 |
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9786610050048 |
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661005004X |
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9781135938536 |
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1135938539 |
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9781135938574 |
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1135938571 |
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9781280050046 |
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1280050047 |
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