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Download full textMcColskey, Wendy, Ed.; Nalley, Donna, Ed. – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2002
This issue of the SERVE magazine discusses using assessment and accountability to improve student learning. Articles include: (1) Can High-Stakes State Testing Be Improved? (Wendy McColskey and Nancy McMunn); (2) Standards of Classroom Practice: Defining a Vision of Quality in the Classroom (Nancy McMunn and Wendy McColskey); (3) Taking a Close…
Descriptors: Testing, Periodicals, Academic Achievement, Accountability
Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy; Kochanoff, Anita; Newcombe, Nora S.; de Villiers, Jill – Society for Research in Child Development, 2005
The "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001 crystallized the concern for accountability in education. National testing was mandated as a way to improve the "broken" educational system. Publicly funded early education programs were not spared from such testing. While the positive effects of high-quality early education on children's…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Accountability, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
