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The Political Legacy of School Accountability Systems.
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Dorn, Sherman – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1998
Recent battles over proposed national testing programs do not tell the important political story about high-stakes tests. An overview of the politics of school-accountability systems is offered in this World Wide Web journal article. Politically popular, school-accountability systems in many states already revolve around statistical results of…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education