High Stakes Accountability : Implications for Resources and Capacity Book

Introduction and Overview Leveraging Student Performance through High Stakes Reform Christopher Roellke Roellke, Christopher Jennifer King Rice Rice, Jennifer King

Pt. I Capacity for Implementing High Stakes Accountability Policies

1 A Framework for Assessing the Impact of Education Reforms on School Capacity: Insights from Studies of High-stakes Accountability Initiatives Betty Malen Malen, Betty Jennifer King Rice Rice, Jennifer King 3

2 No Child Left Behind Reforms and the State Administrative Response Gail Sunderman Sunderman, Gail Gary Orfield Orfield, Gary 33

3 The Road to Supplemental Services: Challenges to Implementation Christine Padilla Padilla, Christine 57

Pt. II Teachers and High Stakes Accountability

4 Are We There Yet? The Distribution of Highly Qualified Teachers Post-NCLB Tammy Kolbe Kolbe, Tammy Jennifer King Rice Rice, Jennifer King 93

5 Bolstering Capacity for Heightened State and Federal Standards? An Exploration of National, State, and School District Staffing Trends, 1986-2003 John W. Sipple Sipple, John W. 117

6 Struggling to Improve Teacher Quality in Difficult-to-Staff Schools: NCLB and Teacher Policy Jennifer King Rice Rice, Jennifer King Christopher Roellke Roellke, Christopher 141

Pt. III Accountability Tension Across the System: Balancing Federal, State and Local Interests

7 Federal Curriculum Policy in the States Dalia Hochman Hochman, Dalia 175

8 After Five Years: Revisiting the Cost of No Child Left Behind Act William Mathis Mathis, William 197

9 Federal Educational Control in No Child Left Behind: Implications of Two Court Challenges Deborah Temkin Temkin, Deborah Christopher Roellke Roellke, Christopher225

Conclusion: Linking High-Stakes Accountability and Capacity Jennifer King Rice Rice, Jennifer King Christopher Roellke Roellke, Christopher 257