First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Laura S. Hamilton, Brian M. Stecher, Stephen P. Klein. National Science Foundation under Grant ESI-9978416. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hamilton, Laura S. Making sense of test-based accountability in education ...
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Testing and Assessment, Committee on Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Public Education Stuart W. Elliott, Michael Hout.
When it comes to the issue of US education reform, hopeful politicians, liberal and conservative alike, have long touted the promises of 'standards-based accountability'. But do accountability-based reforms actually work?
This text addresses the problem of the overuse of standardized testing.
@text:This volume stems from the 2003 Educational Testing Service Invitational Conference that convened leading scholars and practitioners from education, psychology, economics, statistics and public policy to discuss the important topic of ...
" In this provocative book, well-respected educators join Sirotnik to provide critical analyses and sophisticated perspectives on prevailing high-stakes accountability practices.
Moving Beyond a Test-Based Approach John Portz. services adds another perspective. How to improve schools becomes as important, if not more so, than measuring scores on an accountability scale. The reform aspects of administrative ...
... Mad River, Marjorie Rowland, and the Quest for LGBTQ Teachers' Rights Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz, Blaming Teachers: Professionalization Policies and the Failure of Reform in American History John L. Rury, An Age of Accountability: How ...
The objective of this book is to advance our understanding of the design, implementation and evaluation of test-driven external accountability policies for improving both academic excellence and equity.
Boston: Pearson Education. Fisk, Catherine W. 1999. “The Emergence of Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship in a State Education Agency: A Case Study of Connecticut's Education Reform Initiatives.” PhD diss., University of Massachusetts, ...