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The New Accountability

High Schools and High-Stakes Testing

Martin Carnoy editor Richard Elmore editor Leslie Siskin editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:17th Sep '03

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"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.

"'These careful, thorough studies of what actually happens when the standards-and-assessment juggernaut hits the complex American comprehensive high school deserve careful pondering by the policy community. They compellingly suggest that a second, honest look at contemporary reform strategy is needed for the schools serving America's teenagers.' Theodore R. Sizer, Professor Emeritus, Brown University, USA"

ISBN: 9780415947053

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 385g

224 pages