Redesigning accountability systems for education
By: edited by Susan H. Fuhrman, Richard F. Elmore.
Contributors: Fuhrman, Susan.; Elmore, Richard F.
Series: Critical issues in educational leadership series
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Educational accountability -- United States.; Competency based education -- United States.; School improvement programs -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Complexity, accountability, and school improvement / Jennifer A. O'Day; value: Validity issues for accountability systems / Eva L. Baker and Robert L. Linn; value: Accountability models / Robert L. Linn; value: Benchmarking and alignment of state standards and assessments / Robert Rothman; value: Biting the bullet: including special-needs students in accountability systems / Martha L. Thurlow; value: The effects of testing on instruction / Joan L. Herman; value: The challenge of high schools / Leslie Santee Siskin; value: Does external accountability affect student outcomes? a cross-state analysis / Martin Carnoy and Susanna Loeb; value: High-stakes testing in a changing environment: disparate impact, opportunity to learn, and current legal protections / Jay P. Heubert; value: 'Slow down, you move too fast': the politics of making changes in high-stakes accountability policies for students / Susan H. Fuhrman, Margaret E. Goertz, and Mark C. Duffy; value: The problem of stakes in performance-based accountability systems / Richard F. Elmore.