Selecting one story and hiding others: How AYP chooses the portrayal of a school

This article discusses how the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) accountability mechanism of No Child Left Behind makes use of supposedly objective standardized test scores to describe schools in a certain way when the very same results could serve to draw very different conclusions. Examining the pro...

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Main Author: peter clyde martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona State University 2011-05-01
Series:Current Issues in Education
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Online Access:https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu/article/view/592