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Download full textFenster, Mark J. – 1996
In 1990 the Kentucky state legislature passed the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), which mandated a total overhaul of the state's kindergarten through grade 12 public school system and was designed to result in equitable education for all students. Accountability components of the KERA include financial incentives for staff in schools where…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Educational Assessment
Oldham, Ben R. – 1993
The Kentucky Education Reform Act legislated by the 1990 General Assembly created a high-stakes school performance accountability system to monitor the progress of implementation. One major component of the accountability system is a schedule of consequences designed to reward those schools making sufficient progress in improving student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
