Brookings papers on education policy, 2002
By: Diane Ravitch, editor ; sponsored by the Brown Center on Education Policy
Contributors: Brookings Institution. Brown Center on Education Policy
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
ISBN-13: 9780815702696
Subjects: Education; Educational tests and measurements; Educational accountability; Education and state; Congrès; Academic achievement; Congresses; Educational change; Standards; Evaluation; Éducation et État
Other titles: Papers on education policy
Description: "This year's discussion focused on accountability and its consequences for students"--[iii].
Notes: Contains edited versions of the papers and comments presented at the fifth annual Brookings Conference on Education Policy, held May 15-16, 2001.

Conference and journal funded by the Herman and George R. Brown Chair in Educational Studies at Brookings. Additional funding provided by the Miriam K. Carliner Endowment for Economic Studies and the John M. Olin Foundation.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Diane Ravitch; title: Grade retention and social promotion in Texas, 1994-1999 : academic achievement among elementary school students / Jon Lorence, A. Gary Dworkin, Laurence A. Toenjes, and Antwanette Hill; title: Reform, resistance ... retreat? : the predictible policies of accountability in Virginia / Frederick M. Hess; title: School accountability in California : an early evaluation / Julian R. Betts and Anne Danenberg; title: Standards and accountability in Washington State / Paul T. Hill and Robin J. Lake; title: Volatility in school test scores : implications for test-based accountability systems / Thomas J. Kane and Douglas O. Staiger; title: Building a high-quality assessment and accountability program : the Philadelphia example / Andrew Porter and Mitchell Chester; title: Accountability and support in Chicago / consequences for students / G. Alfred Hess Jr.