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Charles, Karen; Bernstein, Larry; Dempsey, Terri; Burns, Courtney; Parish, Elizabeth; Hudson, Jordan – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2012
In 2008, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) launched a differentiated accountability pilot to allow states to distinguish between those schools identified for improvement in need of substantial help and those closer to meeting achievement goals. In July 2008 and January 2009, the Department approved waivers to give nine states the…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, State Standards, Statewide Planning, Accountability
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Hines, Mary Beth; Conner, Jenny; Campano, Gerald; Damico, James; Enoch, Melissa; Nam, Daehyeon – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2007
Since the inauguration of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) in the United States, with a billion-dollar budget to induce educational reform, American schools have been under the microscope for meeting accountability standards for students. The performance pressures have intensified as the consequences for not achieving academic…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Action Research, Federal Legislation, Standardized Tests