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1047257
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b801627
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Standards-based reform and the poverty gap : : lessons for No Child Left Behind /\ Adam Gamoran, editor.
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| Publication Statement
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Washington, D.C. :: Brookings Institution Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (viii, 340 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0815730349
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0815730322
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0815730330
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9780815730323
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9780815730330
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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"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.
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United States., No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
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Academic achievement-- United States.
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Educational accountability-- United States.
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Educational change-- United States.
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Poor-- Education-- United States.
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Academic achievement.
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EDUCATION-- Educational Policy Reform-- General.
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EDUCATION-- Finance.
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Educational accountability.
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Educational change.
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Poor-- Education.
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No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (United States)
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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379.1/580973
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| LC Classification
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LB2806.22.S736 2007eb
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| Added Entry
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Gamoran, Adam,1957-
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