A New Remedy for High-stakes Education Lawsuits in a Post-nclb World

EffEctivE principals skillfully balancE lEadErship stylEs to facilitatE studEnt succEss: a focus for thE rEauthorization of EsEa

The focus of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) on accountability created a high stakes educational environment. Although accountability is an important goal, guidance on how schools go about building the capacity to effectively accomplish the goals set in NCLB was not part of the legislation. This article supports the premise that a skillful balance of transformational and transactional leadership st...

"School is So Boring": High-Stakes Testing and Boredom at an Urban Middle School

Existing evidence suggests that high stakes exams result in little increased learning among students (Amrein & Berliner, 2002; Klein, Hamilton, McCaffrey, & Stetcher, 2000; Koretz, Mitchell, & Stetcher, 1996). Yet, given the federal mandates for greater accountability, such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation and Race to the Top policies, and the “pervasive testing culture” (Moses & Nann...

DISCUSSION PAPER—DO NOT CIRCULATE Reforming High Schools to Reduce Dropout Rates

1 Improving the nation's high school graduation rate has remained an elusive goal for many years. In 1990 the nation's governors and the President of the United States adopted six national education goals, including increasing the high school graduation rate to 90 percent and eliminating the gap in high school graduation rates between minority and non-minority students by the year 2000 (U.S. De...

Revisiting the Impact of NCLB High-Stakes School Accountability, Capacity, and Resources: State NAEP 1990–2009 Reading and Math Achievement Gaps and Trends

Differentiated Accountability Policy and School Improvement Plans: a Look at Professional Development and Inclusive Practices for Exceptional Students

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004 and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB) require that students with disabilities have equal access to general education curricula and contexts. Florida’s Differentiated Accountability Program (DAP) is designed to support educators in meeting IDEA and NCLB requirements. The authors reviewed 35 School Improvement Pl...