No child left behind? :  the politics and practice of school accountability / 
Paul E. Peterson, Martin R. West, editors. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Brookings Institution Press,  c2003. 
 - ix, 340 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Politics and practice of accountability /  The Politics of Accountability --  No child left behind : forging a congressional compromise /  Refining or retreating? : high stakes accountability in the states /  Politics, control, and the future of school accountability /  Rethinking accountability politics /  The Practice of School Accountability --  Lessons about the design of state accountability systems /  Unintended consequences of racial subgroup rules /  Charter school achievement and accountability /  The effects of accountability in California /  The promise of student accountability --  The "first wave" of accountability /  No child left behind, Chicago style /  A closer look at achievement gains under high-stakes testing in Chicago /  Central exit exams and student achievement : international evidence /  Martin R. West,  Paul E. Peterson --  Andrew Rudalevige --  Frederick M. Hess --  Terry M. Moe --  Jennifer Hochschild --  Eric A. Hanushek,  Margaret E. Raymond --  Thomas J. Kane,  Douglas O. Staiger --  Tom Loveless --  Julian R. Betts,  Anne Danenberg --  Thomas S. Dee --  Anthony S. Bryk --  Brian A. Jacob --  Ludger Ws���?smann.  Preface -- 1.  pt. 1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  pt. 2.  6.  7.  8.  9.  pt. 3.  10.  11.  12.  13. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0815770286 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815770294 (paper : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003020782 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Educational accountability--Law and legislation--United States.<br/>Education--Standards--United States.<br/>Federal aid to education--United States.<br/>Education--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF 4125  / .N6 2003