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Baker, Scott; Myers, Anthony; Vasquez, Brittany – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2014
Using North Carolina as a lens to illuminate broader national developments, this paper examines how and why educational policy in the United States turned away from a civil rights agenda of opportunity and embraced test-based accountability as a way of promoting racial equality. We show that comprehensive desegregation, enforcement of the Civil…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Educational Policy, Civil Rights, Educational Change
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Pitre, Paul E. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2011
This study examines Washington State's attempt to move toward an integrated, P-20 system of education that enhances student transitions from high school to college. In analyzing Washington as a single case study, a profile of the state is developed on key access related characteristics. Data for this study were gathered utilizing fundamental case…
Descriptors: Position Papers, Legislators, Transitional Programs, Articulation (Education)