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1 online resource (viii, 340 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction : can standards-based reform help reduce the poverty gap in education? / Adam Gamoran -- Standards-based educational reform is one important step toward reducing the achievement gap / Barbara R. Foorman, Sharon J. Kalinowski, and Waynel L. Sexton -- How did the statewide assessment and accountability policies of the 1990s affect instructional quality in low-income elementary schools? / Meredith Phillips and Jennifer Flashman -- Has NCLB improved teacher and teaching quality for disadvantaged students? / Laura M. Desimone, Thomas M. Smith, and David Frisvold -- Grade retention in the age of standards-based reform / Robert M. Hauser, Carl B. Frederick, and Megan Andrew -- Do high school exit exams influence educational attainment or labor market performance? / Thomas S. Dee and Brian A. Jacob -- The role of tutoring in standards-based reform / George Farkas and Rachel E. Durham -- NCLB school choice and children in poverty / Paul T. Hill -- The peculiar politics of No Child Left Behind / Tom Loveless -- NCLB lessons learned : implications for reauthorization / Andrew C. Porter. |
Summary |
"With latest data and research, scholars study what lessons can be drawn from earlier efforts to help NCLB achieve its goals. Authors show that standards-based reform has had some positive effects and some of the critics' greatest fears have not been realized. Recommendations offered for implementation of impending reauthorized NCLB"--Provided by publisher. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
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United States. |
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No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (United States) |
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Educational accountability -- United States.
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Educational accountability. |
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United States. |
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Educational change -- United States.
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Educational change. |
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Poor -- Education -- United States.
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Poor -- Education. |
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Poor. |
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Academic achievement -- United States.
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Academic achievement. |
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Gamoran, Adam, 1957-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Standards-based reform and the poverty gap. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2007033616 |
ISBN |
9780815730347 (electronic book) |
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0815730349 (electronic book) |
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9780815730323 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0815730322 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780815730330 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0815730330 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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