Advice on Accountability
States have adopted accountability measures in response to the concerns about the quality of American education. And there are reasons for concern. American 8th graders ranked 14th in the world in mathematics, science and reading literacy.
No Child Left Behind was an accountability measure put into play by former President Bush. But how should Obama’s administration hold the school system accountable?
To find out, we spoke with Bill Taylor, the chairman of the Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights, Rick Hess a faculty associate at the Harvard University Program on Education Policy and Governance and Dr. Scott Conti, the principal of New Design High School in New York City.
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