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TEST TODAY, PRIVATIZE TOMORROW

APRIL 2004 YEAR • Volume 85, Number 8

Test Today, Privatize Tomorrow: Using Accountability to 'Reform' Public Schools to Death, by Alfie Kohn
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FEATURES

Responding Effectively to Test-Based Accountability, by Laura Hamilton and Brian Stecher
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A Balanced School Accountability Model: An Alternative to High-Stakes Testing, by Ken Jones
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High Standards + High Stakes = High Achievement in Massachusetts, by S. Paul Reville
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Accountability with a Kicker: Observations on the Florida A+ Accountability Plan, by Dan Goldhaber and Jane Hannaway
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Accountability, Diagnostics, and Information Technology, by Denis P. Doyle
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Turning Accountability on Its Head: Supporting Inspired Teaching in Today's Classrooms, by Kristin L. Droege
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Enabling or Disabling? Observations on Changes in Special Education, by James M. Kauffman, Kathleen McGee, and Michele Brigham
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A Place for Teacher Educators in the Schools, by James C. Alexander
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In the Dark, by Lorri Horn
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DEPARTMENTS

THE EDITOR'S PAGE: The Human Element
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WASHINGTON COMMENTARY: High Schools and Reform , by Anne C. Lewis
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STATELINE: Virginia's Excellent Adventure, by Kathy Christie
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TECHNOLOGY: Computer Applications for Young Users: BumperCar and KidPix, by Royal Van Horn
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THOUGHTS ON TEACHING: Out Loud and In Public, by Bobby Ann Starnes
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RESEARCH: The Trouble with Research, Part 2, by Gerald W. Bracey
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COURTSIDE: With Liberty and Liability for All?, by Perry A. Zirkel
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WEB WATCH: Copyright and Plagiarism, by Joseph Dempsey, Michael Bluman, Brian Blaszak, and Sheila Sampson
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