Title: Grading education
First published: 2008
Description: " ... Instead of just grading progress in one or two narrow subjects, we should hold schools accountable for the broad outcomes we expect from public education -- basic knowledge and skills, critical thinking, an appreciation of the arts, physical and emotional health, and preparation for skilled employment -- and then develop the means to measure and ensure schools' success in achieving them. Grading Education describes a new kind of accountability plan for public education, one that relies on higher-quality testing, focuses on professional evaluation, and builds on capacities we already possess ..."
Subjects: Educational accountability, Public School, Wirtschaftlichkeitsprinzip, Education and state, Education, Evaluation, Academic achievement
LC classification: LB2806.22 .R67 2008