Accountability Policies and Readiness for College for Diverse Students

Autor/in	Musoba, Glenda Droogsma
Titel	Accountability Policies and Readiness for College for Diverse Students
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 25 (2011) 3, S.451-487 (37 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904810361721
Schlagwörter	Income; State Standards; Graduation; Exit Examinations; Educational Change; Accountability; Student Diversity; School Readiness; College Preparation; Scores; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status; Academic Standards; High Stakes Tests; Required Courses; Mathematics Instruction; Parents; Educational Attainment; Academic Aspiration; Grade Point Average; SAT (College Admission Test) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einkommen; Abschluss; Graduierung; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Bildungsreform; Verantwortung; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Rassenunterschied; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Pflichtkurs; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Eltern; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	Following a national trend, state policy has focused on accountability measures such as high-stakes high school exit exams, standards-based reforms, and graduation curriculum requirements. Yet the effect of these accountability policies on students' readiness for college is relatively untested. In a multilevel model (students within states), the study asked, "Are accountability school reform policies positively or negatively associated with readiness for college for students from different ethnic and income groups?" Exit exam policies and degree of implementation of state standards were not significantly related to academic readiness as measured by composite SAT scores. Math graduation numeric curriculum requirements were negatively related to SAT score for Whites. (Contains 6 tables and 9 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10