Successful Schools and Educational Accountability: Concepts and Skills to Meet Leadership Challenges (Peabody College Education Leadership Series) - Softcover

Wong, Kenneth K.; Nicotera, Anna W.; Guthrie, James W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205474780 ISBN 13: 9780205474783

Publisher: Pearson, 2006

Synopsis

This text in AB’s new Educational Leadership series from Peabody College, discusses how the standards and accountability movement has affected teachers and school leaders and illustrates its impact on learning. This text stands out due to authorship and breadth of research used. It was developed by the leading scholars in educational accountability as part of a series from one of the leading Schools of Education in the world. No other text discusses policy and practice in such a systematic way, with such a strong basis in current research.

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Successful Schools and Educational Accountability: Concepts and Skills to Meet Leadership Challenges (Peabody College Education Leadership Series)

 

 

“This book is a new and significant contribution to the education literature.  There is nothing similar to this on the market because it is so focused on student outcomes, NCLB, and other recent developments.”

–Michael Kirst, Stanford University

 

“I have reviewed many textbooks over time and can state without reservation that this is probably the most useful and applicable to educational leadership training and preparation programs.”

–Anthony Normore, Florida International University

 

“I truly enjoyed reviewing Successful Schools and Educational Accountability. The clarity of exposition, the quality of research, and relevance of the content kept me with it. I think this book equals or surpasses other books on the market because of its accessibility to the reader.”

–Saul Grossman, Temple University

 

 

Developed by the leading scholars in educational accountability, this text addresses the effects of the standards and accountability movement on teachers and school leaders as well as its impact on learning. It is part of Allyn & Bacon’s new succinct and practical Educational Leadership Series from Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, one of the leading schools of education in the world.  Successful Schools and Educational Accountability discusses current dilemmas facing administrators in the context of evolving public policy and evolving expectations.
 

Features:

·         Chapters close with case studies, commentaries, articles, andeditorials. These features demonstrate the practical issues facing educational administrators today, and each feature is followed by relevant discussion questions.

·         A Companion Website with practice tests, readings, activities and other resources is available at www.ablongman.com/Peabody

·         AnInstructor’s Manual with resources and test items is available online to adopters by contacting your local representative.

 

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About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0205474780
• ISBN 13: 9780205474783
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272