Strong states, weak schools the benefits and dilemmas of centralized accountability

Civic leaders around the globe now press educators to raise the performance of students and schools. Backed by a colorful array of odd bedfellows - from corporate interests to advocates for the poor - politicians seek to narrow the aims of learning, advance routine curricular packages, and tightly a...

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Other Authors Fuller, Bruce, Henne, Melissa K., Hannum, Emily
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley : Emerald JAI, 2008.
Edition1st ed.
SeriesResearch in sociology of education ; v. 16.
Subjects
School management and organization > United States.
Educational accountability > United States.
Educational evaluation > United States.
Teacher effectiveness > United States.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781846639111
1846639115
9781846639104
ISSN1479-3539 ;
DOI10.1016/S1479-3539(2008)16
Physical Description1 online resource (vii, 243 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Liberal learning in centralizing states / Bruce Fuller
  • Accountability and teaching practices: school-level actions and teacher responses / Laura S. Hamilton ... [et al.]
  • District leaders eroding school coherence? The interpretation of accountability mandates / Thomas F. Luschei and Gayle S. Christensen
  • Tightening the ship or slowly sinking? Reshaping teacher's work conditions / Kristin Gordon
  • Raising achievement or closing gaps? Identifying effective accountability tools / Melissa K. Henne and Heeju Jang
  • High stakes diplomas: organizational responses to California's high school exit exam / Jennifer Jellison Holme
  • District capacity and accountability: professional development as reform tool / Soung Bae
  • Exit exams and organizational change in a vocational high school / Michele Schmidt ... [et al.]

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