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Direct linkJacobsen, Rebecca; Saultz, Andrew; Snyder, Jeffrey W. – Educational Policy, 2013
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requires that two accountability strategies--raising standards and public pressure through publicizing performance data--be implemented simultaneously. However, when coupled, they may produce an inappropriate consequence for public opinion. The public may misunderstand the drop in achievement that occurs when the bar is…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Policy, Academic Standards, Parent Attitudes
Mayrowetz, David; Lapham, John – Educational Policy, 2008
When courts engage in educational policymaking through what is called "public law litigation," they set foot in unsettled territory. Framing the authors' work in legal studies literature, this article relays how one court engaged in a sweeping reform of special education in Chicago and teacher certification in the entire state of…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Government Role, Laws, Teacher Certification
Peer reviewedMcLaughlin, Margaret J.; Thurlow, Martha – Educational Policy, 2003
New accountability requirements contain provisions that mandate the participation of students with disabilities in large-scale assessments and the public reporting of these students' performance along with other important educational outcomes. Discusses the technical, legal, and practical challenges to implementing the new accountability mandates.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
