In 2013, Deming was named a William T. Grant Scholar for his project, The Long - Run Influence of School Accountability: Impacts, Mechanisms and Policy Implications, which explores the impact of test - based school accountability on post-secondary attainment and earnings, how high -
stakes accountability impacts outcomes, and how test - based accountability in high school can complement college preparation.
Not exact matches
What are the distributional
impacts of high -
stakes accountability on long - run outcomes?
If it can not be proved that those gains are due to improved school
accountability, it is heartening to know that Margaret Raymond and Eric Hanushek found, in more precise estimates of
accountability impacts, somewhat larger gains on the NAEP in those states that were the first to put
accountability systems into place (see «High -
Stakes Research,» features, Summer 2003).
Moreover, states differ in many ways other than their
accountability provisions — ways that can make it difficult to isolate the
impact of high -
stakes testing.
The reason is that authorizers use
accountability plans to make high -
stakes decisions — such as school corrective action, non-renewal, revocation, and closure — that directly
impact the hundreds or thousands of families whose children are enrolled in charter schools.
Brian Gill studies K — 12 education policy, including charter schools, educator effectiveness, and the implementation and
impacts of high -
stakes testing and other
accountability regimes.
In addition, abundant research has been conducted to examine the
impact that movements toward standardization,
accountability, and high -
stakes assessment systems have had on teachers» practices, beliefs, attitudes, and overall effectiveness (e.g., Hamilton & Stecher, 2004; National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy, 2003; Parke, Lane, & Stone, 2006).
«
Accountability, Incentives and Behavior: The
Impact of High -
Stakes Testing in the Chicago Public Schools.»
We currently have a high
stakes accountability system, in which poor results have a huge
impact on schools, headteachers, teachers and ultimately the students.
In one of its last reports, the outgoing committee of cross-party MPs argues the close link between SATs outcomes and school
accountability creates a high -
stakes system that negatively
impacts pupils» learning.
Dr. Brian Gill Dr. Brian Gill studies K — 12 education policy, including charter schools, measurements of teacher, principal, and school effectiveness, and the implementation and
impacts of high -
stakes testing and other
accountability regimes.
Accountability, incentives, and behavior: The
impact of high -
stakes testing in the Chicago Public Schools.
Revisiting the
Impact of NCLB High -
Stakes School
Accountability, Capacity, and Resources: State NAEP 1990 — 2009 Reading and Math Achievement Gaps and Trends
The
Impact of
Accountability Measures on Children and Young People, by Prof Merryn Hutchings of London Metropolitan University, says pupils» emotional health and wellbeing is suffering because of «high -
stakes testing».
Accountability, incentives and behavior: the
impact of high -
stakes testing in the Chicago Public Schools