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Peer reviewedWaite, Duncan; Boone, Mike; McGhee, Marla – Journal of School Leadership, 2001
Using Texas's experience with standards and high-stakes testing, this critical sociocultural view of accountability illuminates hidden or neglected aspects of accountability-its meanings, consequences, and the processes by which it is institutionalized. Authority is moving to the state level; teachers, parents, and students have too little…
Descriptors: Accountability, Centralization, Cultural Influences, Democracy
