The new accountability

By Martin Carnoy, Richard F. Elmore, Leslie Santee Siskin

Subjects: Política educacional, Responsabilidade (educação), Educational accountability, Alumni Authors, Ensino médio, Schulleistungsmessung, Case studies, Whitman College, High schools, Standards, High school, School improvement programs, EDUCATION, Finance, Fallstudiensammlung

Description: When it comes to the issue of US education reform, hopeful politicians, liberal and conservative alike, have long touted the promises of 'standards-based accountability'. But do accountability-based reforms actually work? What happens when they encounter the formidable challenge of the comprehensive high school?The New Accountability explores the current wave of assessment-based accountability reforms at the high school level in the United States.