High-stakes reform : the politics of educational accountability

High-stakes reform : the politics of educational accountability / Kathryn A. McDermott.

Performance accountability has been the dominant trend in education policy reform since the 1970s. State and federal policies set standards for what students should learn; require students to take "high-stakes" tests to measure what they have learned; and then hold students, schools, and s...

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Main Author: McDermott, Kathryn A., 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2011]
Series:Public management and change.
Subjects:
Educational accountability > United States > States > Case studies.
School improvement programs > United States > States > Evaluation > Case studies.
Educational accountability > Connecticut.
Educational accountability > Massachusetts.
Educational accountability > New Jersey.
Education > Standards > Connecticut.
Education > Standards > Massachusetts.
Education > Standards > New Jersey.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Education > Standards
Educational accountability
Educational accountability > U.S. states
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Jersey
United States
Case studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Scrutinizing educational performance
  • Performance based accountability
  • The evolution of educational accountability
  • Education standards and performance accountability, 1970-2001
  • Educational performance accountability in three states
  • Education finance and accountability in Massachusetts : "The grand bargain"
  • Accountability and equity in New Jersey : "where home rule hasn't worked, the legislature must do what home rule has not done"
  • Incrementalism and local control in Connecticut : "I'm not out looking for your keys"
  • Assessing performance accountability in education
  • Lessons for performance measurement research and practice.

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