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| Preface |
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| Introduction |
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Part I Federal and State Educational Policy and NCLB |
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No Child Left Behind? Sociology Ignored! |
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Part II Accountability and Assessment |
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NCLB and the Complexity of School Improvement |
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Double Standards for Graduation Rate Accountability? Or None? |
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Who Counts for Accountability? High-Stakes Test Exemptions in a Large Urban School District |
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Inside the Black Box of Accountability: How High-Stakes Accountability Alters School Culture and the Classification and Treatment of Students and Teachers |
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Part III: Teaching and Teacher Quality |
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State Policy Activity under NCLB: Adequate Yearly Progress and Highly Qualified Teachers |
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Professionalism under Siege: Teachers' Views of NCLB |
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Teacher Quality, Educational Inequality, and the Organization of Schools |
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Teaching Quality as a Problem of School Change |
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Part IV: School Choice and Parental Involvement |
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False Promises: The School Choice Provisions in NCLB |
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When School Choice Leaves Many Children Behind: Implications for NCLB from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools |
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227 | (16) |
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Nonpromotional School Change and the Achievement of Texas Students: Possible Public School Choice Outcomes under NCLB |
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243 | (24) |
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Research Meets Policy and Practice: How Are School Districts Addressing NCLB Requirements for Parental Involvement? |
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267 | (14) |
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Getting Families Involved with NCLB: Factors Affecting Schools' Enactment of Federal Policy |
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281 | (16) |
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Part V: Federal Involvement, NCLB, and the Reduction of the Achievement Gap |
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Learning from Philadelphia's School Reform: The Impact of NCLB and Related State Legislation |
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297 | (26) |
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Can NCLB Close Achievement Gaps? |
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323 | (20) |
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Symbolic Uses of NCLB: Reaffirmation of Equality of Educational Opportunity or Delegitimization of Public Schools? |
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343 | (16) |
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Conclusion: Sociological Perspectives on NCLB and Federal Involvement in Education |
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| Contributors |
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| Index |
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