Neglecting democracy in education policy: A-F school report card accountability systems

Sixteen states have adopted school report card accountability systems that assign A-F letter grades to schools. Other states are now engaged in deliberation about whether they, too, should adopt such systems. This paper examines A-F accountability systems with respect to three kinds of validity. Fir...

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Published in:	Education Policy Analysis Archives
Main Authors:	Kevin Murray, Kenneth R. Howe
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Arizona State University 2017-10-01
Subjects:	Accountability Democracy Education Educational Policy Politics of Education
Online Access:	https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/3017

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