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Title Redesigning accountability systems for education / edited by Susan H. Fuhrman, Richard F. Elmore.

Publication Info. New York : Teachers College Press, [2004]
©2004

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  LB2806.22 .R435 2004    Available  ---
Description vii, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Critical issues in educational leadership series
Critical issues in educational leadership series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Complexity, accountability, and school improvement / Jennifer A. O'Day -- Validity issues for accountability systems / Eva L. Baker and Robert L. Linn -- Accountability models / Robert L. Linn -- Benchmarking and alignment of state standards and assessments / Robert Rothman -- Biting the bullet: including special-needs students in accountability systems / Martha L. Thurlow -- The effects of testing on instruction / Joan L. Herman -- The challenge of the high schools / Leslie Santee Siskin -- Does external accountability affect student outcomes? a cross-state analysis / Martin Carnoy and Susanna Loeb -- High-stakes testing in a changing environment: disparate impact, opportunity to learn, and current legal protections / Jay P. Heubert -- 'Slow down, you move too fast': the politics of making changes in high-stakes accountability policies for students / Susan H. Fuhrman, Margaret E. Goertz, and Mark C. Duffy -- The problem of stakes in performance-based accountability systems / Richard F. Elmore.
Subject Educational accountability -- United States.
Educational accountability.
United States.
Competency-based education -- United States.
Competency-based education.
School improvement programs -- United States.
School improvement programs.
Added Author Fuhrman, Susan.
Elmore, Richard F.
ISBN 0807744255 cloth alkaline paper
9780807744253 cloth alkaline paper