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No remedy left behind : lessons from a half-decade of NCLB / edited by Frederick M. Hess and Chester E. Finn Jr.

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Washington, D.C. : AEI Press ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, c2007.

United States. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

Educational accountability -- United States.

School improvement programs -- United States.

Education and state -- United States.

xiv, 390 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

NCLB in the states: fragmented governance, uneven implementation / Paul Manna -- America's great city schools : moving in the right direction / Michael Casserly -- The political economy of supplemental educational services / Jeffrey R. Henig -- The problem with "implementation is the problem" / Michael J. Petrilli -- California: does the Golden State deserve a gold star? / Julian Betts -- New Jersey: equity meets accountability / Patrick McGuinn -- Colorado: the misapplication of federal power / Alex Medler -- Michigan: over the first hurdle / David N. Plank and Christopher Dunbar Jr. -- Rural Kentucky districts: "do it yourself" school improvement / Stephen Clements -- Miami-Dade County: trouble even in choice paradise / Jane Hannaway and Sarah Cohodes -- Remedies in action: four "restructured" schools / Julie Kowal and Bryan C. Hassel -- District accountability: more bark than bite? / Joe Williams -- Conclusion: can this law be fixed?: a hard look at the NCLB remedies / Frederick M. Hess and Chester E. Finn Jr.

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