No Child Left Behind? The Politics and Practice of School Accountability

Preface

1 The Politics and Practice of Accountability by Martin R. West and Paul E. Peterson

Part One: The Politics of Accountability

2 No Child Left Behing: Forging a Congressional Compromise by Andrew Rudalevige

3 Refining or Retreating? High-Stakes Accountability in the States by Frederick M. Hess

4 Politics, Control, and the Future of School Accountability by Terry M. Moe

5 Rethinking Accountability Politics by Jennifer Hochschild

Part Two: The Practice of School Accountability

6 Lessons about the Design of State Accountability Systems by Eric A. Hanushek and Margaret E. Raymond

7 Unintended Consequences of Racial Subgroup Rules by Thomas J. Kane and Douglas O. Staiger

8 Charter School Achievement and Accountability by Tom Loveless

9 The Effects of Accountability in California by Julian R. Betts and Anne Danenberg

Part Three: The Promise of Student Accountability

10 The "First Wave" of Accountability by Thomas S. Dee

11 No Child Left Behind, Chicago Style by Anthony S. Bryk

12 A Closer Look at Achievement Gains under High-Stakes Testing in Chicago by Brian A. Jacob

13 Central Exit Exams and Student Achievement: International Evidence by Ludger Wofmann

Contributors

Index