High-Stakes Reform Gregory Allen Smith governments

governments

a consensus-based one

to actively support positive coping skills

Unlike other studies that focus only on regions with well-established track records - specifically Europe and Africa - this book also looks to the other major areas of the world and poses two questions concerning them: If little or nothing has been done institutionally in a region

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

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