Joseph Lee Bast

Herbert J. Walberg

The authors call on the need to combine education with capitalism. Drawing on insights and findings from history, psychology, sociology, political science, and economics, they show how, if our schools were moved from the public sector to the private sector, they could once again do a superior job providing K–12 education.

How Overcoming Our Fear of Markets and Economics Can Improve America's Schools

Education and Capitalism

Williamson F. Evers

This book takes a hard look at the professional, technical, and public policy issues surrounding student achievement and teacher effectiveness—and shows how testing and accountability can play a vital role in improving American schools.

Testing Student Learning, Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness

Geneva D. Haertel

Psychology and Educational Practice

Robert Leestma

This second and final volume of the U.S. Study of Education in Japan provides ten articles on a wide variety of topics.

Japanese Educational Productivity

Michael L. Kamil

JoAnn B. Manning

Successful Reading Instruction

William Josiah Fowler

Expenditure and Size Efficiencies of Public School Districts

Williamson M. Evers

Scholars from history, economics, political science, and psychology describe the present state of school accountability, how it evolved, how it succeeded and failed, and how it can be improved. They review the history behind the ongoing conflict between educators and policymakers over accountability and testing, describe various accountability schemes, and analyze the costs of accountability. Case studies of three states with strong school systems compare how accountability works in practice. Evers is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

School Accountability

Herbert J. Walberg

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