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Accountability, Assessment and Teacher Commitment: Lessons from Kentucky's Reform Efforts
Contributor(s): Whitford, Betty Lou (Editor), Jones, Ken (Editor)
ISBN: 0791444104     ISBN-13: 9780791444108
Publisher: State University of New York Press
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2000
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Annotation: Accountability, Assessment, and Teacher Commitment offers a vantage point to draw lessons from, and ponder alternatives to, the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), a state school reform effort based on a system of statewide student assessment and high-stakes accountability for teachers. It documents classroom realities and probes the consequences of this type of reform through case studies, comparisons to alternative models, and thought-provoking responses from national experts.
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
Dewey: 379.158
LCCN: 99021286
Series: Suny Series, Restructuring and School Change
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.85" W x 8.9" (0.82 lbs) 267 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Kentucky
 
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Accountability, Assessment, and Teacher Commitment offers a vantage point to draw lessons from, and ponder alternatives to, the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), a state school reform effort based on a system of statewide student assessment and high-stakes accountability for teachers. It documents classroom realities and probes the consequences of this type of reform through case studies, comparisons to alternative models, and thought-provoking responses from national experts.

Contributors include Lola Aagaard; Terry I. Brooks; Jan Calvert; Pamelia Coe; Dick Corbett; Letitia Hichstrasser Fickel; Donna Gaus; Marilyn Hohmann; Ken Jones; Patricia J. Kannapel; A. Richardson Love Jr.; Christy D. McGee; Lynne Miller; Beverly D. Moore; Cynthia A. Reeves; David Ruff; Gordon Ruscoe; Linda Shelor; Debra Smith; John Snyder; Patricia A. Wasley; Anne Wheelock; and Betty Lou Whitford.