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Closing the Achievement Gap: The Experience of a Middle School
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LaRocque, Michelle – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2007
The accountability imperative requires schools to evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs. Florida answered the accountability imperative by instituting statewide objective assessments and assigning grades to schools. The latter move led to several initiatives concerning the practices that improve schools in Florida. This article…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Accountability, Academic Achievement, Middle School Students