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Accountability, Assessment, and Teacher Commitment: Lessons from Kentucky's Reform Efforts. SUNY Series, Restructuring and School Change.

Whitford, Betty Lou, Ed.; Jones, Ken, Ed. – 2000

This book documents classroom practices and considers the implementation and consequences of the Kentucky Education Reform (KERA) Act through case studies, comparisons to other models, and responses from national experts. The chapters are: (1) "Kentucky Lesson: How High Stakes School Accountability Undermines a Performance-Based Curriculum…

Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education

High Stakes Performance Assessment: Perspectives on Kentucky's Educational Reform.

Guskey, Thomas R., Ed. – 1994

The perspectives in these essays present an examination of the Kentucky educational reform effort, with an examination of its rationale, various facets, and the reactions to its implementation. The ambitious assessment system includes multiple-choice and open-ended items, performance tasks, and portfolio assessments. The following are included:…

Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change