Accountability-based reforms : the impact on deaf and hard of hearing students / Stephanie W. Cawthon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cawthon, Stephanie W., author.

Series:

Deaf education series ; Volume 1.

Deaf Education Series ; Volume 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--Education--United States.

Deaf people.

Educational accountability--United States.

Educational accountability.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 173 pages )

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Gallaudet University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For years, school reform efforts targeted either students in regular education or those with special needs, but not both. As a result of the No Child Left Behind legislation (NCLB) and its focus on accountability, administrators established policies that would integrate the needs of students who previously were served under separate frameworks. Using the NCLB structure as a starting point, Stephanie W. Cawthon's new book Accountability-Based Reforms: The Impact on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students discusses key assumptions behind accountability reforms. She specifically examines how elements of these reforms affect students who are deaf or hard of hearing, their teachers, and their families. Cawthon begins by providing a brief introduction to the deaf education context, offering detailed information on student demographics, settings, and academic outcomes for deaf students. She then outlines the evolution of accountability-based education reforms, following with a chapter on content standards, assessment accommodations, accountability as sanctions, and students with disabilities. The remaining chapters in Accountability-Based Reforms closely examine educational professionals, accountability, and students who are deaf or hard of hearing; school choice policies and parents; and deaf education and measures of success. Each chapter presents an overview of an important component of accountability reform, available research, and how it has been implemented in the United States. These chapters also offer recommendations for future action by educators, parents, researchers, and education policymakers.

Contents:

The deaf education context

What is an accountability reform?

What does accountability measure?

How do we measure progress?

Accountability and schools

Educational professionals and accountability reform

Accountability to parents

Accountability and students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781563684869

1563684861

OCLC:

808337195