No Child Left Behind and the Public Schools

Contents

Contents Preface vii 1. The Best-Laid Plans 1 2. The Problem of Quality 25 3. Making the Grade (or Not) Success and Failure in NCLB’s World 46 4. Top-Down and Bottom-Up NCLB, Charter Schools, and the Public School Principalship 74 5. Rethinking Assessment 107 6. Carrots, Sticks, and Unbroken Windows Making NCLB Live Up to Its Promises 130 Appendix: Supplementary Tables 151 Notes 169 References 189 Index 201 ...