Splintered accountability : state governance and education reform

Splintered accountability : state governance and education reform / Arnold F. Shober.

Detailed study of how real education reform works. The No Child Left Behind Act declared that improving education in every school in the United States was a top national priority. However, this act did not acknowledge how state departments of education have successfully constructed reforms for the p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shober, Arnold F., 1976-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2010.
Series:SUNY series in public policy.
Subjects:
State departments of education > United States > States.
Educational accountability > United States > States.
Education > Standards > United States.
School improvement programs > United States > States.
EDUCATION > Finance.
Education > Standards
Educational accountability > U.S. states
School improvement programs > U.S. states
State departments of education > U.S. states
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Splintered Accountability; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part 1; 1. Introduction; 2. Autonomy and Scope in Government Agencies; 3. Expectations for Scope-Seeking Agencies; Part 2; 4. Historical Roots of State Involvement; 5. Bringing Them to the Table: Managing Interests; 6. Leading by Example: State Superintendents' Infl uence; 7. Making New Friends: Institutional Turnover; Part 3; 8. The View from the Dome: Legislative Salience; 9. Budgeting for Success; 10. Conclusions and Implications; Appendix A. Historical Appendix; Appendix B. Statistical Appendix.
  • Appendix C.A Note on the SourcesNotes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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