Educational Equity and Accountability: Paradigms, Policies, and Politics Book

	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction	1
2	Thinking Carefully about Equity and Accountability	13
3	Let's Treat the Cause, Not the Symptoms: Equity and Accountability in Texas Revisited	29
4	Continuing the Conversation on Equity and Accountability: Listening Appreciatively, Responding Responsibly	39
5	Accountability for Equity: Can State Policy Leverage Social Justice?	51
6	Response to Skrla et al.: The Illusion of Educational Equity in Texas: A Commentary on "Accountability for Equity"	79
7	Response to Skrla et al.: Is There a Connection between Educational Equity and Accountability?	91
8	Complex and Contested Constructions of Accountability and Educational Equity	99
9	Displacing Deficit Thinking in School District Leadership	109
10	Can State Accountability Systems Drive Improvements in School Performance for Children of Color and Children from Low-Income Homes?	133
11	Accountability and Educational Equity in the Transformation of an Urban District	155
12	Using an Aligned System to Make Real Progress for Texas Students	175
13	Statewide Assessment Triggers Urban School Reform: But How High the Stakes for Urban Minorities?	183
14	Promoting Educational Equity in a Period of Growing Social Inequity: The Silent Contradictions of the Texas Reform Discourse	189
15	Polar Positions on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS): Pragmatism and the Politics of Neglect	201
16	Educational Accountability for English Language Learners in Texas: A Retreat from Equity	215
17	The Unintended Consequences of the Texas Accountability System	235
18	Intersections in Accountability Reform: Complexity, Local Actors, Legitimacy, and Agendas	251
19	Accountability for Special Education Students: Beginning Quality Education	267
20	Conclusion: Keeping Equity in the Foreground	275
	Contributors	285
	Index	289