High-Stakes Reform Gregory Allen Smith governments

governments

to actively support positive coping skills

offering guidance on how to confront problems such as bullying and initiate effective family interventions

even as religious activism threatens to upset the balance

primary care

High-Stakes Reform Gregory Allen Smith governmentsPerformance accountability has been the dominant trend in education policy reform since the 1970s. State and federal policies set standards for what students should learn; require students to take "high stakes" tests to measure what they have learned; and then hold students, schools, and school districts accountable for their performance. The goal of these policies is to push public school districts to ensure that all students reach a common threshold