The New Accountability: High Schools and High-Stakes Testing

ISBN 10: 0415947049 / ISBN 13: 9780415947046

Published by Routledge, 2003

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This title discusses the role of high schools, now the key institution in the schooling process. For low-income young people these can be "make or break" years. Students who excel have the chance to continue on to elite universities which increases their chances of future financial security. Editor(s): Carnoy, Martin; Elmore, Richard; Siskin, Leslie (Cambridge University, UK). Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522. . 2003. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Accountability: High Schools and High-Stakes Testing
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415947049
• ISBN 13: 9780415947046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

"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.

About the Author

Martin Carnoy is Professor of Education and Economics at Stanford University. His work has appeared in Dollars and Sense, The American Prospect, Education Week, and Tikkun. Richard Elmore is Gregory R. Anrig Professor of Educational Leadership at Harvard University. LeslieSiskin is currently Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities at Cambridge University.