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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Addonizio, Michael.

Contributor:

Kearney, C. Philip.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Educational change.

Public schools.

Education and state.

United States.

Educational change--United States.

Education and state--United States.

Education--Economic aspects--United States.

Education.

Education--Economic aspects.

Education and state--Michigan--Case studies.

Public schools--Michigan--Case studies.

School improvement programs--Michigan--Case studies.

Educational change--Michigan--Case studies.

Michigan.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2012.

Summary:

Addonizio (education policy, Wayne State U.) and Kearney (education, U. of Michigan) examine education policy reforms in Michigan and across the country over the past 20 years or so to examine what the nature of the reforms are, what they hope to accomplish, and how successful they have been. Emphasizing Michigan's efforts, they consider whether more money makes schools better and examine financing reforms resulting from Michigan's Proposal A in 1994, the impact it had on equity for students and taxpayers, and the issue of funding adequacy; accountability systems in Michigan's schools and whether they meet the directives of No Child Left Behind; assessment programs like the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to measure academic achievement and how student performance ranks in comparison to other states; the trend of school choice, including charter schools and the "school of choice" program; and the reasons for the decline in Detroit Public Schools and efforts to change it. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

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 open enrollment programs ; Impacts in Michigan ; Recent trends ; Schools of choice: added value or zero-sum game?

7. The Detroit Public Schools: a failure of policy and politics : A look back: 1964-81 ; Continuing white flight and calls for reform: the 1980s and 1990s ; Assessing the takeover years ; Going forward: a return to mayoral control? ; What's next for DPS?

8. Reflections on the limits of policy : Equity ; Adequacy ; Efficiency ; Choice ; The limits of policy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.

ISBN:

9780880993876

0880993871

9780880993890

0880993898

OCLC:

726818712