Manual High School (Denver)
Martin, Michael O.
Massachusetts
charter schools in
NCLB and
performance on NAEP and TIMSS
school choice programs in
state standards and curriculum
teachers’ unions in
Mathematics curriculum
constructivism and
in District 2 (New York City)
Everyday Mathematics
Impact Mathematics
Minnesota performance on TIMSS and
NCLB mandates and
in New York City
in San Diego
TERC
traditionalists vs. constructivists
See also Curriculum
Maxwell, William Henry
Mayoral control. See also New York City public schools
Meier, Deborah
Merit pay. See Teachers
Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
Microsoft
Milwaukee public schools
Moe, Terry M.
“Monday Night Massacre” (New York City)
Mountlake Terrace High School (Washington State)
Mullis, Ina V. S.
Multiple-choice testing
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Nast, Thomas
Nation at Risk, A (National Commission on Excellence in Education)
National Academy of Education
National Academy of Sciences
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
in Atlanta
charter schools compared to public schools
compared to state test scores
as NCLB requirement
in New York City
proficiency levels defined
See also Accountability; No Child Left Behind; Standardized tests and testing
National Catholic Education Association
National Commission on Excellence in Education
National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Council for the Social Studies
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
National Education Association
National Education Goals Panel
National Governors Association
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Research Council
National Science Foundation
Nauer, Kim. See Hemphill and Nauer study
NCLB. See No Child Left Behind
Neighborhood schools closing of
Gates-Broad agenda and
NCLB and
school choice and
value of
Neill, A. S.
New Orleans
NewSchools Venture Fund
New Teacher Project
New Visions for Public Schools
New York City Leadership Academy
New York City Public School Parents’ blog
New York City public schools accountability movement and
charter schools and
centralization vs. decentralization of
credit recovery and
Gates Foundation and
graduation rate of
mayoral control of
small high schools in
See also District 2 (New York City)
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
compared to New York City reforms
compared to San Diego Blueprint
contrasted with A Nation at Risk
free-market reformers and
Linn on
New York City school grades and
schools in need of improvement (SINI)
state scores vs. NAEP scores
See also Accountability; Standardized tests and testing
Noguera, Pedro
Norquist, John
NYC HOLD
Oakland public schools
Obama administration
Ocean Hill-Brownsville crisis in New York City
Open enrollment in Minnesota
Open Society Institute
Osborne, David
Pallas, Aaron
Panel for Educational Policy (New York City)
Parent involvement in schools
Payzant, Tom
Pearson, P. David
Pendleton, Bertha
People for the American Way
Perlstein, Linda
Pesta, Terry
Peterson, Paul
Petrilli, Michael J.
Philadelphia public schools
Philanthrocapitalism. See Venture philanthropies
Phonics vs. whole language reading instruction
Politics, Markets, and America’s Schools (Chubb and Moe)
Princeton Review
Principals. See Professionalism; Tenure
Privatization of public schools criticism of
NCLB and
in Philadelphia
Shanker’s opposition to
union opposition to
Walton Family Foundation and
See also Charter schools
Professionalism
Broad on
Darling-Hammond on
economists on
Katzir on
A Nation at Risk on
NCLB and
NCTAF on
principals and
teachers and
See also Teachers
Proficiency levels, definitions of
Proficiency Illusion, The (Northwest Evaluation Association)
Psychometricians on testing
Race to the Top fund
RAND Corporation
Ratliff, Ruby
Raymond, Margaret E.
Reading programs
Balanced Literacy and
NCLB mandates and
phonics vs. whole language
See also New York City public schools; San Diego public schools
Reagan administration
Regents examinations in New York
Reinventing Government (Osborne and Gaebler)
Religious schools. See also Catholic schools
Republican Party
Resnick, Lauren
Restructuring, in NCLB
Rhee, Michelle
Riley, Richard
Risley, Todd R.
Rivkin, Steven
Robelen, Erik W.
Robertson Foundation
Rockoff, Jonah E.
“Role of Government in Education” (Milton Friedman)
Romer, Roy
Roosevelt, Eleanor
Rosenwald, Julius
Ross, Courtney Sale
Rothstein, Jesse
Rothstein, Richard
Rouse, Cecelia E.
San Diego Chamber of Commerce
San Diego public schools Balanced Literacy and
Blueprint for Student Success
District 2 (New York City) as model for
evaluations of achievement in
racial and ethnic composition of
San Diego Review
Sanders, William
SAT tests
Schemo, Diana Jean
Schmidt, William
Schneider, Mark
School choice
Bennett and
Broad Foundation and
Catholic schools and
Chubb and Moe on
Gates Foundation and
Milton Friedman on
NEA, AFT opposition to
NCLB and
in New York City
origins of charter schools
during Reagan administration
Republican advocacy for
as resistance to desegregation
test scores and
venture philanthropies and
Walton Family Foundation and
See also Charter schools; Vouchers; specific cities
&
nbsp; School report cards
School size
Gates Foundation and
Manual High School (Denver)
Mountlake Terrace High School (Washington State)
small high schools
Valerie E. Lee on
See also High schools
Sclafani, Susan
“Scrubbing” of test scores
Scott, James C.
SDEA (San Diego Education Association)
Shanker, Albert
Shelton, James H.
Shenkman, Rick
Sims, David
SINI schools. See No Child Left Behind
Smith, Hedrick
Special education students in Boston charter schools
charter schools and
KIPP schools and
NCLB and
school test scores and
small high schools and
Spellman, Francis, Cardinal
Spencer, Louisa C.
SRI International
Staiger, Douglas O.
Standardized tests and testing curriculum and
history of
in NCLB
in New York City
Shanker on
state vs. federal scores
in Texas
uses and misuses of
See also Accountability; No Child Left Behind; Test preparation; Value-added assessment
Statham, Kim
Summerhill (Neill)
Supplementary Educational Services (SES) in NCLB
Supreme Court rulings
Systemic school reform
Teach for America (TFA)
Teachers
compensation
credentials
Darling-Hammond on
“effective” or “top-quintile,”
Gladwell on
Goldhaber on
Gordon, Kane, and Staiger on
Hanushek and Rivkin on
Kristof on
merit pay plans and
A Nation at Risk on
Rhee on
Ruby Ratliff
Teachers’ unions
American Federation of Teachers
critics of
endorsement of mayoral control in New York City
charter schools and
National Education Association
peer review and
Rhee on
San Diego Education Association (SDEA)
United Federation of Teachers
Washington Teachers’ Union
Tenure
Goldhaber on
principals’ role in awarding
reasons for
Rhee on
Test preparation
Koretz on
in NCLB
in New York City
Perlstein on
Tobias on
See also Standardized tests and testing
Tested: One American School Struggles to Make the Grade (Perlstein)
Testing. See Standardized tests and testing
Texas public schools
charter schools and
cheating in
gains on state tests, questioned
testing in
Textbooks, as de facto curriculum
TFA. See Teach for America
Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Thompson, Tommy
TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study)
Tobias, Robert
Trust in Schools (Bryk and Schneider)
Tucker, Marc
Tutoring (Supplementary Educational Services), in NCLB
Tweed (Department of Education in New York City under mayoral control)
Tweed, William Marcy
Uncommon Schools
Unions, teachers’. See Teachers’ unions
United Federation of Teachers (New York City)
Urban League
Urban School Reform (Hess)
Usdan, Michael
Value-added assessment (VAA)
Venture philanthropies
Voinovich, George
Voluntary national standards
Vouchers
academic achievement and
charter school movement and
Chubb and Moe on
in Cleveland
D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program
debates about
Milton Friedman and
in Milwaukee
Reagan and
Walton Family Foundation and
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris and
See also Charter schools; School choice
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Walberg, Herbert
Walton, Sam
Walton Family Foundation
Ward, Randy
Washington.C., schools. See District of Columbia public schools
Washington Teachers’ Union
Weiner, Lois
Weingarten, Randi
Weiss, Joanne S.
Welch, Jack
What Matters Most (NCTAF)
Whole language movement
Wilcox, Preston
Williams, Joe
Williams, Polly
Witte, John
Workshop model, Teachers College
Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
Zimmerman, Frances O’Neill
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