By mandating high standards for all students, the No Child Left Behind Act has promised to close the achievement gap and bring all students up to proficient lev

"Perhaps the most urgent—and complex—task facing American education today is to figure out how to hold schools accountable for improved academic achievement

The 2002 No Child Left Behind Act is the most important legislation in American education since the 1960s. The law requires states to put into place a set of st

Our fourth book in the International Research on School Leadership series focuses on school leadership in an era of high stakes accountability. Fueled by sweepi

Sloan explores the varied contours of the educational accountability movement that has swept the United States. He describes the historical origins and underlyi