High Stakes Accountability in Urban Elementary Schools: Challenging or Reproducing Inequality? [electronic resource] : Institute for Policy Research Working Paper / John B. Diamond and James P. Spillane.

In this paper, the authors use data from interviews and observations in four urban elementary schools, two high and two low performing, to examine how schools respond to high stakes accountability policies. The authors argue that school responses to high stakes accountability depend on school contex...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Diamond, John B.
Corporate Author:	Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Institute for Policy Research
Other Authors:	Spillane, James P.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2002.
Subjects:	Academic Achievement. Accountability. Black Students. Elementary Education. High Stakes Tests. Low Achievement. Low Income Groups. Minority Groups. Socioeconomic Status. Student Evaluation. Urban Schools.