Education reform and the limits of policy: lessons from Michigan

by Addonizio, Michael

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Title Statements

Full title :Education reform and the limits of policy : lessons from Michigan / Michael F. Addonizio, C. Philip Kearney.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Place of Publication:Kalamazoo, Mich
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xi, 297 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780880993876, 0880993871, 9780880993890, 0880993898
oclc:ocn726818712
LC Classification:LB2822.82
Dewey Decimal:371.2/07

1. Introduction : Concurrent national reforms -- 2. A fiscal and educational system under stress : Money and schools: facts, myths, and recent history in public school finance ; Financing Michigan's public schools ; Summary and conclusions -- 3. Holding schools accountable : 1805-1900: the territorial years and early years of statehood ; 1900-50: the first half of the twentieth century ; The late 1950s to the present ; What will the future bring? -- 4. Assessing the academic outcomes of schooling : From opposition to acceptance ; The national assessment of educational progress: the nation's report card ; The Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) ; Comments on the MEAP scores ; Comments on the MME scores ; The ACT exam ; A comparison of MEAP and NAEP scores ; A final observation -- 5. Charter schools : Michigan negotiates a charter school statute ; Early controversies ; Student achievement in charter schools: the national perspective ; Charter school performance: evidence from Michigan ; Academic outcomes ; Summing up ; Looking ahead: some outstanding issues ; Policy equilibrium or policy stalemate? -- 6. Schools of choice : Rationale for schools of choice ; Impacts of ope…

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Case studies Écoles publiques -- Études de cas. -- M… Éducation -- Aspect économique -- États… Education -- Economic aspects Education -- Economic aspects -- United… Éducation -- Études de cas. -- Politiqu… Éducation -- Politique gouvernementale … Education and state Education and state -- Case studies. --… Education and state -- United States Educational Change Educational change -- Case studies. -- … Educational change -- United States Enseignement -- Études de cas. -- Réfor… Enseignement -- Réforme -- États-Unis Études de cas Michigan Public schools Public schools -- Case studies. -- Mich… School improvement programs