Inside the black box of accountability: How high-stakes accountability alters school culture and the classification and treatment of students and teachers

No Child Left Behind and the Reduction of the Achievement Gap: Sociological Perspectives on Federal Educational Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 97-116

  White, Katie Weitz ^a   Rosenbaum, James E ^b  

^a Sherwood Foundation   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203941256     Document Type: Chapter

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