This morning we’re releasing a new analysis
of NAEP scores by Mark Schneider, former NCES commissioner, with some
important implications for both NCLB’s legacy and the future of
accountability-style education reform. 
Schneider
finds that solid gains in math achievement coincided with the advent of
“consequential accountability,” first in the trailblazing Lone Star
State and a few other pioneer states, then across the land with the
implementation of NCLB. But Schneider also warns that the recent plateau
in Texas math scores may foreshadow a coming stagnation in the
country’s performance.
Download the paper to learn more and be sure to register for Fordham’s January 5 discussion of the paper, and consequential accountability in general, “Has the Accountability Movement Run Its Course?“
