Strong states, weak schools the benefits and dilemmas of centralized accountability /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Fuller, Bruce, Henne, Melissa K., Hannum, Emily
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley : Emerald JAI, 2008.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed.
• Σειρά: Research in sociology of education ; v. 16.
• Θέματα: School management and organization > United States.; Educational accountability > United States.; Educational evaluation > United States.; Teacher effectiveness > United States.; Organization & management of education.; Education > Administration > General.

Civic leaders around the globe now press educators to raise the performance of students and schools. Backed by a colorful array of odd bedfellows - from corporate interests to advocates for the poor - politicians seek to narrow the aims of learning, advance routine curricular packages, and tightly a...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Liberal learning in centralizing states / Bruce Fuller
• Accountability and teaching practices: school-level actions and teacher responses / Laura S. Hamilton ... [et al.]
• District leaders eroding school coherence? The interpretation of accountability mandates / Thomas F. Luschei and Gayle S. Christensen
• Tightening the ship or slowly sinking? Reshaping teacher's work conditions / Kristin Gordon
• Raising achievement or closing gaps? Identifying effective accountability tools / Melissa K. Henne and Heeju Jang
• High stakes diplomas: organizational responses to California's high school exit exam / Jennifer Jellison Holme
• District capacity and accountability: professional development as reform tool / Soung Bae
• Exit exams and organizational change in a vocational high school / Michele Schmidt ... [et al.]