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Direct linkChoi, Kilchan; Seltzer, Michael; Herman, Joan; Yamashiro, Kyo – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2007
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB, 2002) establishes ambitious goals for increasing student learning and attaining equity in the distribution of student performance. Schools must assure that all students, including all significant subgroups, show adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward the goal of 100% proficiency by the year 2014. In this paper,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Urban Schools, Academic Achievement
Download full textHaertel, Edward; Herman, Joan – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2005
Using achievement tests to hold students and schools accountable seems an obvious idea. Students come to school to learn. Tests show which students, in which schools, are meeting learning standards and which are not. Those students and schools that are falling short should be held accountable. Of course, the rationales for accountability testing…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Testing Programs, Educational Practices, Testing
Herman, Joan – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2005
That No Child Left Behind (NCLB) places unprecedented demands on districts and schools to improve student performance is trite and a truism. That NCLB places unprecedented demands on the design and productive use of accountability systems may be less well appreciated. In this article, the author considers how accountability is supposed to work to…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Accountability, Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement
