The new accountability high schools and high stakes testing - Carnoy, Martin; Elmore, Richard F.; Siskin, Leslie Santee; T&F eBooks (New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003)
ch. 1. The conditions and characteristics of assessment and accountability : the case of four states / Diana Rhoten ... [et al.] -- ch. 2. Internal alignment and external pressure : high school responses in four state contexts / Elizabeth Debray, Gail Parson, and Salvador Avila -- ch. 3. Outside the core : accountability in tested and untested subjects / Leslie Santee Siskin -- ch. 4. Leadership and the demands of standards-based accountability / Richard Lemons, Thomas F. Luschei, and Leslie Santee Siskin -- ch. 5. Listening to talk from and about students on accountability / Melissa Chabrán -- ch. 6. The impact of accountability policies in Texas high schools / Martin Carnoy, Susanna Loeb, and Tiffany L. Smith -- ch. 7. When an irresistable force meets an immovable object : core lessons about high schools and accountability / Leslie Santee Siskin -- ch. 8. Accountability and capacity / Richard Elmore.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: Educational accountability -- United States -- Case studies; High schools -- Standards -- United States -- Case studies; School improvement programs -- United States -- Case studies; Electronic books