The Political Legacy of School Accountability Systems

Creator

Sherman Dorn

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

January 1998

Abstract

The recent battle reported from Washington about proposed national testing program does not tell the most important political story about high stakes tests. Politically popular school accountability systems in many states already revolve around statistical results of testing with high-stakes environments. The future of high stakes tests thus does not depend on what happens on Capitol Hill. Rather, the existence of tests depends largely on the political culture of published test results. ...

Extent

36

Volume

6

Issue

1

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00092

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

Recommended Citation

Dorn, Sherman, "The Political Legacy of School Accountability Systems" (1998). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 325.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/325