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Van Horn, Mark Louis – ProQuest LLC, 2012
In 1999, California was among the first schools in the nation to initiate an accountability model for public education using a method for system measurement of academic improvement constructed on the bedrock of standards-based education. The State also included a new twist...sanctions. Schools that failed to make expected progress, as measured…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Accountability, Sanctions, Educational Legislation
Mintrop, Heinrich; Trujillo, Tina – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2005
This paper explores what lessons can be learned from the experiences of states that instituted NCLB-like accountability systems prior to 2001 (here called first-generation accountability systems). It looks at the experiences of three smaller states (Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina), four larger ones (California, Florida, New York, Texas), and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Compliance (Legal), State Officials, Federal Legislation