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Tweet[IWS] RAND: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND--ACCOUNTABILITY & 3 STATES' EXPERIENCES [May 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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RAND
Standards-Based Accountability Under No Child Left Behind: Experiences of Teachers and Administrators in Three States [May 2007]
Laura S. Hamilton, Brian M. Stecher, Julie A. Marsh, Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Abby Eisenshtat Robyn, Jennifer Lin Russell, Scott Naftel, Heather Barney
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG589.pdf
[Full-text, 303 pages]
Summary
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG589.sum.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
Research brief available at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2007/RAND_RB9259.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
Since 2001-2002, standards-based accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 have shaped the work of public school teachers and administrators in the United States. In this study, the authors examine how accountability policies have influenced attitudes and have been translated into actions at the district, school, and classroom levels in three states. The study concludes that standards-based accountability is leading to an increased emphasis on student achievement, but a single-minded emphasis on student proficiency on tests has some potentially negative consequences such as narrowing curriculum and declining staff morale.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
RAND
Standards-Based Accountability Under No Child Left Behind: Experiences of Teachers and Administrators in Three States [May 2007]
Laura S. Hamilton, Brian M. Stecher, Julie A. Marsh, Jennifer Sloan McCombs, Abby Eisenshtat Robyn, Jennifer Lin Russell, Scott Naftel, Heather Barney
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG589.pdf
[Full-text, 303 pages]
Summary
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG589.sum.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
Research brief available at
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2007/RAND_RB9259.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
Since 2001-2002, standards-based accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 have shaped the work of public school teachers and administrators in the United States. In this study, the authors examine how accountability policies have influenced attitudes and have been translated into actions at the district, school, and classroom levels in three states. The study concludes that standards-based accountability is leading to an increased emphasis on student achievement, but a single-minded emphasis on student proficiency on tests has some potentially negative consequences such as narrowing curriculum and declining staff morale.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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