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dc.rights.licenseIn Copyrighten_US
dc.creatorMilby, James G.
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-10T15:40:06Z
dc.date.available2013-12-10T15:40:06Z
dc.date.created2008
dc.identifierWLURG38_Milby_POV_2008_wm
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11021/24215
dc.descriptionJames G. Milby is a member of the Class of 2008 of Washington and Lee University.en_US
dc.descriptionCapstone; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE]en_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper will provide an in-depth analysis of the U.S.'s most extensive state education reform, the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), and assess its impact on student achievement. In a 1991 Kentucky Office of Education Accountability report, the state elucidates its intentions for education in Kentucky. The report emphatically states, “The children of the poor and the children of the rich, the children who live in the poor district and the children who live in the rich district must be given the same opportunity and access to an adequate education” (OEA , December 1991:1). Nearly 18 years after KERA's implementation, this paper will gauge the success of the act's curriculum, accountability, and governance reforms in reducing the achievement gap in the state and providing access to “adequate education”. The analysis of the state's accountability test scores (KIRIS and CATS), national test scores (ACT, NAEP), and other, non-standardized measures of school district performance (drop-out rates, graduation rates, college attendance) will show that KERA has not produced its desired results. [From Introduction]en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityGrant Milby
dc.format.extent29 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.subject.otherWashington and Lee University, Shepherd Poverty Programen_US
dc.titleThe Achievement Gap, Proficiency & The Kentucky Education Reform Acten_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.isPartOfRG38 - Student Papers
dc.rights.holderMilby, James G.
dc.subject.fastEducation Reform Act (Kentucky : 1990)en_US
dc.subject.fastEducation -- Evaluationen_US
dc.subject.fastSchool districts -- Financeen_US
dc.subject.fastCompetency-based educationen_US
dc.subject.fastKentucky Instructional Results Information Systemen_US
local.departmentShepherd Poverty Programen_US
local.scholarshiptypeCapstoneen_US


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