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Title Within our reach : how America can educate every child / edited by John E. Chubb.

Imprint Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  379.73 W777 2005    ---  Available
Description xiv, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note "Published in cooperation with the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, California."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Saving no child left behind / John E. Chubb -- Historical perspective on a historic piece of legislation / Dianne Ravitch -- Standards, testing, and accountability / Herbert J. Walberg -- Adequate yearly progress: refining the heart of the no child left behind act / Caroline M. Hoxby -- Impacts and implications of state accountability systems / Eric A. Hanushek -- Fixing failing schools in California / Williamson M. Evers, Lance T. Izumi -- Conflict of interest: district regulation of school choice and supplemental services / Paul E. Peterson -- Highly qualified teacher in every classroom / Terry M. Moe.
Subject Education and state.
Education -- Aims and objectives.
United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Added Author Chubb, John E.
ISBN 0742548872 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780742548879 (cloth : alk. paper)
0742548880 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780742548886 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2160697

 
    
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