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Unsatisfactory Performance: How California's K-12 Education System Protects Mediocrity and How Teacher Quality Can Be Improved.
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Dawson, Thomas C.; Billingsley, K. Lloyd – 2000
This study examines the quality of California's K-12 education, discussing how the system protects mediocrity and how to improve educational quality in the state. It explains that what most ails the teaching force is that excellent teachers are not rewarded for superior work, and failing teachers are rarely held accountable for poor performance.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education