NCLB - No Child Left Behind Act Knowledge Assessment

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NCLB-related politics as a challenge In essence, the push for school accountability is a push for more efficient top-down management. Public authorities must implement organizational control mechanisms (tests, report cards, etc.) to persuade people to alter their behavior in a positive way if they hope to increase student accomplishment. Since public schools are branches of democratic government, school accountability is a byproduct of democratic politics. Elected politicians have incentives to favor and pander to powerful groups for reelection, even if their interests don't reflect the greater society; unequal power is one reason why actors who carry the most weight in the political process aren't always interested in developing accountability systems that work.

State Core Curriculum Commons The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, or ESSA The NCLB contentions made by Terry Moe ("Politics, Control, and the Future of School Accountability" (2003) Implementation of Common Core State Standards: Controversies

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The NCLB contentions made by Terry Moe ("Politics, Control, and the Future of School Accountability" (2003)

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