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High-stakes reform
2011
Overview
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 school districts accountable for their performance. The goal of these policies is to push public school districts to ensure that all students reach a common threshold of knowledge and skills. High-Stakes Reform analyzes the political processes and historical context that led to the enactment of state-level education accountability policies across the country. It also situates the education accountability movement in the broader context of public administration research, emphasizing the relationships among equity, accountability, and intergovernmental relations. The book then focuses on three in-depth case studies of policy development in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Kathryn McDermott zeroes in on the most controversial and politically charged forms of state performance accountability sanctions, including graduation tests, direct state intervention in or closing of schools, and state takeovers of school districts. Public debate casts performance accountability as either a cure for the problems of US public education or a destructive mistake. Kathryn McDermott expertly navigates both sides of the debate detailing why particular policies became popular, how the assumptions behind the policies influenced the forms they took, and what practitioners and scholars can learn from the successes and failures of education accountability policies.
Publisher
Georgetown Univ. Press,Georgetown University Press
Subject
/ Education -- Standards -- Connecticut
/ Education -- Standards -- Massachusetts
/ Education -- Standards -- New Jersey
/ Educational accountability -- Connecticut
/ Educational accountability -- Massachusetts
/ Educational accountability -- New Jersey
/ Educational accountability -- United States -- States -- Case studies
/ Public Affairs & Administration
/ School improvement programs -- United States -- States -- Evaluation -- Case studies
/ States
/ Students
/ USA
ISBN
1589017676, 9781589017672, 9781589017887, 1589017889
