On School Choice and Test-Based Accountability

Creator

Damian W. Betebenner
Kenneth R. Howe
Samara S. Foster

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

October 2005

Abstract

Among the two most prominent school reform measures currently being implemented in The United States are school choice and test-based accountability. Until recently, the two policy initiatives remained relatively distinct from one another. With the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), a mutualism between choice and accountability emerged whereby school choice complements test-based accountability. In the first portion of this study we present a conceptual overview of school choice and test-based accountability and explicate connections between the two that are explicit in reform implementations like NCLB or implicit within the market-based reform literature in which school choice and test-based accountability reside. In the second portion we scrutinize the connections, in particular, between school choice and test-based accountability using a large western school district with a popular choice system in place. ...

Keywords

Educational evaluation, Accountability, School choice

Extent

22

Volume

13

Issue

41

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Betebenner, D. W., Howe, K. R., & Foster, S. S. (2005). On school choice and test-based accountability. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 13(41). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v13n41.

Identifier

E11-00463

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Betebenner, Damian W.; Howe, Kenneth R.; and Foster, Samara S., "On School Choice and Test-Based Accountability" (2005). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 177.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/177