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Constrained Professionalism: Dilemmas of Teaching in the Face of Test-Based Accountability
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Wills, John S.; Sandholtz, Judith Haymore – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: In response to state-level test-based accountability and the federal No Child Left Behind Act, school administrators increasingly view centralized curriculum and prescribed instructional strategies as the most direct means of increasing student performance. This movement toward standardization reduces teachers' autonomy and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Professional Autonomy, Federal Legislation, Observation
Alaska's Public Schools: 2011-2012 Report Card to the Public
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Alaska Department of Education & Early Development, 2012
This "Report Card to the Public" is published in accordance with Alaska Statute 14.03.120 for the school year 2011-2012. Under state law, each school district is required to report information about its plans and performance to its community. This report includes a statewide summary of performance results. It reports the status of public…
Descriptors: Public Schools, State Legislation, School Districts, Academic Achievement
Staff Accountability Plan for New Mexico Schools: Provisions and Directives. [and] Questions and Answers.
Hall, Carroll L. – 1982
In an effort to explain the Staff Accountability Plan for New Mexico's schools, two pamphlets were developed. Designed to address the issue of teacher accountability and certification, pamphlet 1 presents the three provisions of the New Mexico Staff Accountability Plan. The plan requires: (1) a written basic skills assessment as part of teacher…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competence, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Fourteen Years of Assessment: Regents' Testing Program.
Bridges, Jean Bolen – 1986
In 1972, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia instituted the Regents' Testing Program (RTP) to provide systemwide information on the status of student competence in reading and writing and to provide a uniform means of identifying those students who fail to attain minimum levels of competence in these areas. Since 1972, some…
Descriptors: Accountability, Essay Tests, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education
Requirements for the Participation of Students with Disabilities: A Guide for Educators and Parents. Spring 2000 Update.
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Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 2000
This guide discusses the participation of students with disabilities in the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), the state's student testing program that is being implemented in response to the Education Reform Law of 1993. The statewide assessment program is designed to strengthen public education in Massachusetts and ensure that…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accountability, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Standards for Implementing Quality Prekindergarten Education.
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1989
These standards are provided to promote the achievement of excellence in Maryland's public school prekindergarten programs. To that end, this document delineates standards of quality and provides a list of indicators that concretely describe what a program will look like if the standards are being met. The standards and indicators address seven…
Descriptors: Accountability, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Quality, Family School Relationship