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ERIC Number: EJ628766
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0790
A State Accountability System as a Technology of Social Control: The Case of Rhode Island, USA.
McWalters, Peter; Cheek, Dennis W.
Evaluation and Research in Education, v14 n3&4 p268-76 2000
Provides an overview of the recently developed state accountability system for public elementary and secondary schools in Rhode Island. Discusses accountability systems as technologies of social control and considers the costs, benefits, uncertainties, and necessary tensions associated with accountability systems. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Control, State Programs, Testing Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Rhode Island
Note: Special issue titled "Evidence-based Policies and Indicator Systems." Papers in this special issue were presented at one of two conferences of the same name held at the University of Durham, England, in 1997 and 1999.