03367nam 22006134a 450 991045139580332120200520144314.00-8157-3034-9(CKB)1000000000486893(SSID)ssj0000250564(PQKBManifestationID)11191495(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250564(PQKBWorkID)10231806(PQKB)10051505(MiAaPQ)EBC1069061(OCoLC)290569581(MdBmJHUP)muse35330(Au-PeEL)EBL1069061(CaPaEBR)ebr10224516(OCoLC)818846718(EXLCZ)99100000000048689320070820d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrStandards-based reform and the poverty gap[electronic resource] lessons for No Child Left Behind /Adam Gamoran, editorWashington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc2007viii, 340 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8157-3033-0 0-8157-3032-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : can standards-based reform help reduce the poverty gap in education? / Adam Gamoran -- Standards-based educational reform is one important step toward reducing the achievement gap / Barbara R. Foorman, Sharon J. Kalinowski, and Waynel L. Sexton -- How did the statewide assessment and accountability policies of the 1990s affect instructional quality in low-income elementary schools? / Meredith Phillips and Jennifer Flashman -- Has NCLB improved teacher and teaching quality for disadvantaged students? / Laura M. Desimone, Thomas M. Smith, and David Frisvold -- Grade retention in the age of standards-based reform / Robert M. Hauser, Carl B. Frederick, and Megan Andrew -- Do high school exit exams influence educational attainment or labor market performance? / Thomas S. Dee and Brian A. Jacob -- The role of tutoring in standards-based reform / George Farkas and Rachel E. Durham -- NCLB school choice and children in poverty / Paul T. Hill -- The peculiar politics of No Child Left Behind / Tom Loveless -- NCLB lessons learned : implications for reauthorization / Andrew C. Porter."With latest data and research, scholars study what lessons can be drawn from earlier efforts to help NCLB achieve its goals. Authors show that standards-based reform has had some positive effects and some of the critics' greatest fears have not been realized. Recommendations offered for implementation of impending reauthorized NCLB"--Provided by publisher.Educational accountabilityUnited StatesEducational changeUnited StatesPoorEducationUnited StatesAcademic achievementUnited StatesElectronic books.Educational accountabilityEducational changePoorEducationAcademic achievement379.1/580973Gamoran Adam1957-1043982MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451395803321Standards-based reform and the poverty gap2474135UNINA