2013-06-19T13:52:29Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/s/stecher_brian_m.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2007/09/16/BS.html 2007-09-16T16:25:00Z 2007-09-16T16:25:00Z

Research reveals that NCLB has flaws, but changes can be made that preserve its basic goals of school accountability and student improvement, writes Brian Stecher.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2006/09/13/WP.html 2006-09-13T12:00:00Z 2006-09-13T12:00:00Z

Published commentary by RAND staff: 'No Child' Leaves Too Much Behind, in Washingtonpost.com.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2002/02/20/EW.html 2002-02-20T14:09:00Z 2002-02-20T14:09:00Z

Published commentary by RAND staff.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2000/09/27/LAT.html 2000-09-27T16:09:00Z 2000-09-27T16:09:00Z

Published commentary by RAND staff.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR628.html 2008-11-15T10:24:00Z 2008-11-15T10:24:00Z

This working paper was produced in response to a request from the Government Accountability Office for additional analyses of survey responses from the Implementing Standards Based Accountability study.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1303.html 2007-11-09T23:26:00Z 2007-11-09T23:26:00Z

Assesses the progress that states, districts, and schools have made in implementing the accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1384.html 2009-02-05T16:22:00Z 2009-02-05T16:22:00Z

Summarizes the history of the standards-based reform movement in the United States and discusses how the movement has shaped educators' practices and students' outcomes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9577.html 2011-04-26T00:02:00Z 2011-04-26T00:02:00Z

How can the upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act encourage states to expand their measures of school performance to address goals beyond just mathematics and English Language Arts?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9426.html 2009-03-27T17:12:00Z 2009-03-27T17:12:00Z

RAND recommends five policy actions to improve the accountability system established by No Child Left Behind.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200153.html 2012-06-01T12:00:00Z 2012-06-01T12:00:00Z

Standards-based accountability (SBA) has been a primary driver of education policy in the United States for several decades.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000211.html 2010-04-01T12:00:00Z 2010-04-01T12:00:00Z

A number of factors account for the failure of performance assessment to capture a large role in achievement testing in the U.S., and this history can inform educators and education policymakers looking for better ways to test students and schools in an era of standards-based accountability.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000210.html 2010-01-01T12:00:00Z 2010-01-01T12:00:00Z

Based on findings from two federally funded studies--the Study of State Implementation of Accountability and Teacher Quality Under NCLB (SSI-NCLB) and the National Longitudinal Study of NCLB (NLS-NCLB)--this report describes the progress that states, districts, and schools have made in implementing the accountability provisions of NCLB through 2006-07.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR373.html 2006-07-28T13:17:00Z 2006-07-28T13:17:00Z

Presents framework for measuring how math teachers' survey responses show how that classroom work and emphasis are being shaped by testing in the context of externally mandated state-based accountability (SBA) policies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR380.html 2006-07-20T11:31:00Z 2006-07-20T11:31:00Z

Identifies strategies to accelerate the use of standards-based accountability systems in schools and classrooms for improved student achievement.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/white_papers/WP138.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can states, districts, and schools meet the requirements of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act? This paper offers guidance to the state policymakers, district administrators, and school principals who must implement NCLB.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR166.html 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR338.html 2006-08-03T11:31:00Z 2006-08-03T11:31:00Z

Identifies the policy messages that hinder or facilitate teachers' responses to local implementation of instructional reforms in an attempt to promote changes in teacher practices in science and mathematics classrooms.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR255.html 2005-04-18T09:02:00Z 2005-04-18T09:02:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT245.html 2005-06-20T12:01:00Z 2005-06-20T12:01:00Z

Testimony presented to the California Little Hoover Commission on June 23, 2005.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR336.html 2006-02-08T10:59:00Z 2006-02-08T10:59:00Z

Describes a vignette-based measure of reform-oriented mathematics instruction in which teachers read several contextualized descriptions of teaching practices and rate the degree to which the options correspond to their own likely behaviors.