When Accountability Strategies Collide: Do Policy Changes That Raise Accountability Standards Also Erode Public Satisfaction?

Educational Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 360-389

  Jacobsen, Rebecca ^a   Saultz, Andrew ^a   Snyder, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; No Child Left Behind; public opinion; school performance data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875305463     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904813475712     Document Type: Article

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