The new accountability : high schools and high-stakes testing

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The new accountability : high schools and high-stakes testing

edited by Martin Carnoy, Richard Elmore, and Leslie Santee Siskin

RoutledgeFalmer, 2003

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • The conditions and characteristics of assessment and accountability : the case of four states / Diana Rhoten ... [et al.]
  • Internal alignment and external pressure : high school responses in four state contexts / Elizabeth DeBray, Gail Parson, and 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, and 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, and Tiffany Smith
  • When an irresistable force meets an immovable object : core lessons about high school and accountability / Leslie Santee Siskin
  • Accountability and capacity / Richard Elmore

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Volume

ISBN 9780415947046

Description

"Standard-based accountability" has become a consistent buzzword emanating from the mouths of hopeful politicians-liberal and conservative-for almost twenty years. But does accountability work? The NewAccountability explores the current wave of assessment-based school accountability reforms, which combine two traditions in American education-public accountability and student testing.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Conditions and Characteristics of Assessment and Accountability: The Case of Four States, Diana Rhoten, Martin Carnoy, Melissa Chabran, and Richard Elmore 3. Internal Alignment and External Pressure: High School Responses in Four State Contexts, Elizabeth DeBray, Gail Parson, and Salvador Avila 4. Outside the Core: Accountability in Tested and Untested Subjects, Leslie Santee Siskin 5. Leadership and the Demands of Standards-Based Accountability, Richard Lemons, Tom Luschei, and Leslie Santee Siskin 6. Listening to Talk From and About Students on Accountability, Melissa Chabran 7. The Impact of Accountability Policies in Texas' High Schools, Martin Carnoy, Susanna Loeb, and Tiffany Smith 8. The Challenge of High Schools, Leslie Santee Siskin 9. Psychiatrists and Light Bulbs, Richard Elmore
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780415947053

Description

"Standard-based accountability" has become a consistent buzzword emanating from the mouths of hopeful politicians-liberal and conservative-for almost twenty years. But does accountability work? The NewAccountability explores the current wave of assessment-based school accountability reforms, which combine two traditions in American education-public accountability and student testing.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The conditions and characteristics of assessment and accountability: The case of four states D. Rhoten, M. Carnoy, M. Chabran and R. Elmore 3. Internal alignment and external pressure: High school responses in four state contexts E. DeBray, G. Parson and S. Avila 4. Outside the core: Accountability in tested and untested subjects L. Siskin 5. Leadership and the demands of standards-based accountability R. Lemons, T. Luschei and L. Siskin 6. Listening to talk from and about students on accountability M. Chabran 7. The impact of accountability policies in Texas high schools M. Carnoy, S. Loeb, and T. Smith 8. When an irresistable force meets an immovable object: Core lessons about high schools and accountability L. Siskin 9. Accountability and capacity R. Elmore

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