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Mintrop, Heinrich; Sunderman, Gail L. – Educational Researcher, 2009
The federal accountability system, made universal through the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, is a system driven by quotas and sanctions, stipulating the progression of underperforming schools through sanctions based on meeting performance quotas for specific demographic groups. The authors examine whether the current federal accountability…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Federal Legislation, Quotas, Accountability
Kim, Jimmy; Sunderman, Gail L. – Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (The), 2004
Expanded schooling options for disadvantaged children is one of the four major principles of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), representing the theory that competition will produce better educational opportunities for disadvantaged students and improve the performance of low-performing schools. Under NCLB, school choice is the first in a series…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Minority Groups, Educational Improvement, Disadvantaged Youth
Sunderman, Gail L.; Orfield, Gary; Kim, James S. – Principal Leadership, 2006
Under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), every school is subject to the controversial mandates for annual test score gains contained in the federal law. The law represents a profound change in the relationship between the federal government and state and local education agencies regarding who controls education and has direct implications for…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Teaching Methods, Federal Legislation, Scores