Framework for an Effective Assessment and Accountability Program: The Philadelphia Example1
- 1 June 2004
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Teachers College Record: the Voice of Scholarship in Education
- Vol. 106 (6), 1358-1400
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9620.2004.00382.x
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to put in the hands of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers a powerful framework for building and studying the effects of high-quality assessment and accountability programs. The framework is illustrated through a description and analysis of the assessment and accountability program in the School District of Philadelphia.Keywords
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