Holding Accountability Accountable: What Ought to Matter in Public Education Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction : critical concerns about accountability concepts and practices	1
1	Looking through the rearview mirror at school accountability	18
2	Moral errors and strategic mistakes : lessons from the history of student accountability	35
3	What ought to matter in public schooling : judgment, standards, and responsible accountability	51
4	Standards for what? : accountability for whom? : rethinking standards-based reform in public education	66
5	Accountability for adequate and equitable opportunities to learn	82
6	The double bind of civic education assessment and accountability	100
7	Strange, yet familiar : assessment-driven education	116
8	Responsible accountability and teacher learning	135
	Conclusion : holding accountability accountable : hope for the future?	148
	About the editor and the contributors	171
	Index	175