Will Accountability Systems Work in an Unequal Education System?.

Hunter, Richard C.

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ERIC Number: EJ614566

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Publication Date: 2000

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Will Accountability Systems Work in an Unequal Education System?

Hunter, Richard C.

School Business Affairs, v66 n8 p7-10,12,14-16 Aug 2000

The input model of assessing public education must be clearly understood before educators embrace an output assessment model. Most school finance legislation has been inequitable, favoring students in predominantly white school districts. However, the disadvantaged suffer most when implementing state outcomes-based accountability systems. (Contains 23 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, High Stakes Tests, Legislation, Minority Groups, Outcomes of Education, Productivity, School Desegregation, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Texas

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