Educational Leadership in an Age of Accountability : The Virginia Experience.

Intro -- EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN AN AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION by MARGARET GROGAN -- 1. U.S. SCHOOLS AND THE NEW STANDARDS AND ACCOUNTABILITY INITIATIVE by WALTER F. HEINECKE, DANIEL E. CURRY-CORCORAN, AND TONYA R. MOON -- 2. THE EVOLUTION OF EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE OLD DOMINION by DANIEL L. DUKE AND BRIANNE L. RECK -- 3. INITIAL RESPONSES OF VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOLS TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN by DANIEL L. DUKE AND PAMELA D. TUCKER -- 4. THE PRINCIPALSHIP: RENEWED CALL FOR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP by PAMELA D. TUCKER -- 5. A STUDY OF SUCCESSFUL TEACHERS PREPARING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FOR THE STANDARDS OF LEARNING TESTS IN VIRGINIA by MARGARET GROGAN AND PAMELA B. ROLAND -- 6. THE IMPACT OF VIRGINIA'S ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN ON HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH DEPARTMENTS by DANIEL L. DUKE, DAN W. BUTIN, AND AMY SOFKA -- 7. HOW SUPERINTENDENTS IN VIRGINIA DEAL WITH ISSUES SURROUNDING THE BLACK-WHITE TEST-SCORE GAP by MARGARET GROGAN, AND WHITNEY H. SHERMAN -- 8. EDUCATORS' ETHICAL CONCERNS ARISING FROM THE VIRGINIA ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN by PAMELA D. TUCKER AND MARGARET GROGAN -- 9. EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN AN AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY by DANIEL L. DUKE, MARGARET GROGAN, AND PAMELA D. TUCKER -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- L -- M -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V.

Using Virginia as a case study, examines the role that educational leaders play in the implementation of statewide accountability plans.

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