03768nam 2200721 a 450 991078964800332120230725032253.01-58901-788-9(CKB)2670000000113640(EBL)765472(OCoLC)748242148(SSID)ssj0000565995(PQKBManifestationID)11335697(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000565995(PQKBWorkID)10533728(PQKB)10333581(MiAaPQ)EBC765472(MdBmJHUP)muse884(Au-PeEL)EBL765472(CaPaEBR)ebr10497690(EXLCZ)99267000000011364020101007d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHigh-stakes reform[electronic resource] the politics of educational accountability /Kathryn A. McDermottWashington, D.C. Georgetown University Pressc20111 online resource (236 p.)Public management and change seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-58901-767-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 Scrutinizing Educational Performance; 2 Performance-Based Accountability; 3 The Evolution of Educational Accountability; 4 Education Standards and Performance Accountability, 1970-2001; 5 Educational Performance Accountability in Three States; 6 Education Finance and Accountability in Massachusetts: "The Grand Bargain"; 7 Accountability and Equity in New Jersey: "Where Home Rule Hasn't Worked, the Legislature Must Do What Home Rule Has Not Done"8 Incrementalism and Local Control in Connecticut: "I'm Not Out Looking for Your Keys" 9 Assessing Performance Accountability in Education; 10 Lessons for Performance Measurement Research and Practice; References; IndexPerformance accountability has been the dominant trend in education policy reform since the 1970's. State and federal policies set standards for what students should learn; require students to take ""high-stakes"" tests to measure what they have learned; and then hold students, schools, and school districts accountable for their performance. The goal of these policies is to push public school districts to ensure that all students reach a common threshold of knowledge and skills. High-Stakes Reform analyzes the political processes and historical context that led to the enactment of state-level...Public management and change.Educational accountabilityUnited StatesStatesCase studiesSchool improvement programsUnited StatesStatesEvaluationCase studiesEducational accountabilityConnecticutEducational accountabilityMassachusettsEducational accountabilityNew JerseyEducationStandardsConnecticutEducationStandardsMassachusettsEducationStandardsNew JerseyEducational accountabilityStatesSchool improvement programsStatesEvaluationEducational accountabilityEducational accountabilityEducational accountabilityEducationStandardsEducationStandardsEducationStandards379.1/580973McDermott Kathryn A.1969-1503563MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789648003321High-stakes reform3732059UNINA03278nam 22006852 450 991081240780332120240405041425.01-315-72884-21-317-54414-51-84465-890-210.4324/9781315728841 (CKB)3710000000087071(EBL)1782461(SSID)ssj0001115504(PQKBManifestationID)11607049(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001115504(PQKBWorkID)11084055(PQKB)10207686(MiAaPQ)EBC1782461(Au-PeEL)EBL1782461(CaPaEBR)ebr10834930(CaONFJC)MIL644344(OCoLC)890531512(OCoLC)891659511(OCoLC)872669971(FINmELB)ELB136695(UkCbUP)CR9781844658909(EXLCZ)99371000000008707120140214d2011|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier2012 decoding the countercultural apocalypse /edited by Joseph Gelfer[electronic resource]1st ed.Durham :Acumen Publishing,2011.1 online resource (xi, 203 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).1-322-13090-6 1-84553-639-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / Joseph Gelfer -- The 2012 phenomenon: new uses for an ancient Maya calendar (Robert K. Sitler) -- Maya prophecies, 2012 and the problematic nature of truth / Mark van Stone -- Mayanism comes of (new) age? John. W. Hoopes -- The 2012 milieu? hybridity, diversity and stigmatised knowledge / Pete Lentini -- Chich?n itz? and chicken little: how pseudosciences embraced 2012 / Kristine Larsen -- Roland Emmerich's 2012: a simple truth / Andrea Austin -- The 2012 movement, visionary arts and psytrance culture / Graham St John -- In a prophetic voice: Australasia 2012 / Joseph Gelfer -- Approaching 2012: modern misconceptions vs. reconstructing ancient maya perspectives / John Major Jenkins.21 December 2012 was believed to mark the end of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Mayan calendar. Many people believed this date to mark the end of the world or, at the very least, a shift to a new form of global consciousness. Examining how much of the phenomenon is based on the historical record and how much is contemporary fiction, the book explores the landscape of the modern apocalyptic imagination, the economics of the spiritual marketplace, the commodification of countercultural values, and the cult of celebrity.Two thousand twelve, A.DTwenty-first centuryForecastsPropheciesEnd of the worldTwo thousand twelve, A.D.Twenty-first centuryProphecies.End of the world.001.9Gelfer JosephUkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK991081240780332120124082151UNINA