Accountability, Inequality, and Achievement: The Effects of the No Child Left Behind Act on Multiple Measures of Student Learning

Accountability, Inequality, and Achievement: The Effects of the No Child Left Behind Act on Multiple Measures of Student Learning

Scholars continue to debate whether gains on the state tests used for accountability generalize to other measures of student achievement. Using panel data on students from a large urban school district, we estimate the impact of accountability pressure related to the No Child Left Behind Act on two...

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Main Authors: Jennifer L. Jennings, Douglas Lee Lauen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russell Sage Foundation 2016-09-01
Series:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Subjects:
inequality
accountability
testing
Online Access:http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.5.11

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http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.5.11

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