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Accountability, incentives and behavior: the impact of high-stakes testing in the Chicago Public Schools

- 01 Jun 2005 -

- Vol. 89, Iss: 5, pp 761-796

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The authors examined the impact of an accountability policy implemented in the Chicago Public Schools in 1996-1997, using a panel of student-level, administrative data, and found that math and reading achievement increased sharply following the introduction of the accountability policy, in comparison to both prior achievement trends in the district and to changes experienced by other large, urban districts.

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This article is published in Journal of Public Economics.The article was published on 2005-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 554 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Accountability & Special education.

Figure 5: Trends in Testing and Special Education Placements

Table 3: OLS Estimates of Achievement Trends in Chicago versus Other Large Midwestern Cities

Table 8: The Relationship between Item Type, Position and Improvement on the ITBS Math Exam

Table 10: Differential Effects on Low versus High Stakes Subjects

Figure 1: Unadjusted ITBS Achievement Trends in Chicago, 1990-2000

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