Standards and accountability in schools
Provides views on multiple sides of curriculum and instruction issues in America's schools and offers more in-depth resources for further exploration. This volume examines standards and accountability in schools, covering such varied issues as assessment (of students, of teachers), basic-skills...
| Other Authors: | Lasley, Thomas J.,, EBSCOhost. |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
SAGE Publications,
[2012]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxx, 377 pages). |
| Series: |
Debating issues in American education ;
v. 9. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Will educational accountability enhance the ability of schools to foster student academic growth?
- Will common academic standards make the United States more educationally competitive?
- Will standards and accountability enhance innovation and change?
- Will increased federal and state intervention and funding create better schools?
- Should more rigorous teacher education standards be instituted to ensure teacher quality?
- Will alternative routes to teacher licensure attract stronger teachers to American classrooms?
- Are alternative school leader preparation programs really needed to prepare next generation school leaders?
- Should value-added modeling be used to identify highly effective teachers?
- Do strong unions help or hinder school accountability?
- Should the Carnegie unit be eliminated?
- Is school funding sufficient and adequate for helping schools meet the emerging accountability demands?
- Should governors and legislators "invest" in education?
- Will stronger business and corporate investment enhance K-12 education?
- Are parents appropriately involved in decisions regarding standards and accountability?