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John B. Holbein; Helen F. Ladd – Grantee Submission, 2017
In this paper we examine how failing to make adequate yearly progress under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and the accountability pressure that ensues, affects various non-achievement student behaviors. Using administrative data from North Carolina and leveraging a discontinuity in the determination of school failure, we examine the causal impact of…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Accountability, Student Behavior
Holbein, John B.; Ladd, Helen F. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2015
In this paper we examine how failing to make adequate yearly progress under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and the accountability pressure that ensues, affects various non-achievement student behaviors. Using administrative data from North Carolina and leveraging a discontinuity in the determination of school failure, we examine the causal impact of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Student Behavior, Educational Indicators, Federal Programs
Jonathon Anthony Szymanski – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Public education has long been the subject of public discontent. Historical events such as the Soviet launch of "Sputnik" in 1957, the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and repeated media reports that U.S. students were outscored by students in many other countries on international tests each prompted federal and state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission (School), Student Behavior, Accountability
North Carolina Legislative Research Commission, Raleigh. – 1988
This report on issues relating to parent and teacher responsibility for unruly students was presented to the 1989 General Assembly of North Carolina (1989 session) by the Legislative Research Committee. Committee proceedings are detailed followed by committee findings and recommendations. Twelve recommendations are offered in the areas of: (1)…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Standards, Discipline, Discipline Policy