A State Accountability System as a Technology of Social Control [electronic resource] : The Case of RI / Dennis W. Cheek.

The state of Rhode Island has recently embarked in a new state accountability system for public elementary and secondary education. An overview of the system is provided, coupled with an understanding of accountability systems as technologies of social control. The ramifications of such technologies...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Cheek, Dennis W.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000.
Subjects:	Academic Standards. Accountability. Educational Quality. Elementary Secondary Education. Social Control. State Programs. State Standards.