Redesigning accountability systems for education / 
edited by Susan H. Fuhrman, Richard F. Elmore. 
 - New York :  Teachers College Press,  c2004. 
 - vii, 312 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
 - Critical issues in educational leadership series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Complexity, accountability, and school improvement / Jennifer A. O'Day -- Validity issues for accountability systems / Eva L. Baker and Robert L. Linn -- Accountability models / Robert L. Linn -- Benchmarking and alignment of state standards and assessments / Robert Rothman -- Biting the bullet: including special-needs students in accountability systems / Martha L. Thurlow -- The effects of testing on instruction / Joan L. Herman -- The challenge of the high schools / Leslie Santee Siskin -- Does external accountability affect student outcomes? a cross-state analysis / Martin Carnoy and Susanna Loeb -- High-stakes testing in a changing environment: disparate impact, opportunity to learn, and current legal protections / Jay P. Heubert -- 'Slow down, you move too fast': the politics of making changes in high-stakes accountability policies for students / Susan H. Fuhrman, Margaret E. Goertz, and Mark C. Duffy -- The problem of stakes in performance-based accountability systems / Richard F. Elmore. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0807744255 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003059537 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Educational accountability--United States.<br/>Competency-based education--United States.<br/>School improvement programs--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB 2806.22  / .B433 2004