Accountability, Incentives and Behavior: The Impact of High-Stakes Testing in the Chicago Public Schools

By Brian A. Jacob. 2005

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The Use and Usefulness of Performance Measures in the Public Sector (2003, background): “…Strayer (2001) show that passing rates on the tests included in the Texas school accountability system have increased relative to other tests, and Jacob (2002) shows how teachers responded to the test-based accountability system in Chicago public schools along several dimensions, one of which is…”
The Effects of NCLB on School Resources and Practices (2013, neutral): “…& Stecher, 1996; Koretz & Hamilton, 2006; Koretz, Mitchell, Barron, & Keith, 1996; Pedulla et al., 2003; Stecher, Barron, Kaganoff, & Goodwin, 1998; Jacob, 2005; Swanson & Stevenson, 2002; Taylor, Shepard, Kinner, & Rosenthal, 2003).1 Survey-based studies that focus on NCLB itself find similar…”
International Evidence on School Competition, Autonomy, and Accountability: A Review (2007, background): “Another means to increase accountability are explicit school-focused accountability systems, which have been shown to increase students' learning achievement in the United States ( Carnoy & Loeb, 2003 ; Hanushek & Raymond, 2004 ; Jacob, 2005 ).”
The Impact of No Child Left Behind on Student Achievement. (2011, positive): “Similarly, the grade 4 math gains attributable to NCLB were substantially larger among students who were eligible for subsidized lunch (regardless of race) relative to students who were not eligible.”
Effects and side effects of inspections and accountability in education: an overview of empirical studies (2007, methodology): “On the basis of an item-level analysis, Jacob (2005) concluded that it has been mainly test-specific skills and student effort that have caused the positive effects, as well as some strategic behaviour by teachers (see below).”
Racial Inequality in the 21st Century: The Declining Significance of Discrimination. NBER Working Paper No. 16256. (2010, positive): “51Interventions in education often have larger impacts on math scores compared to reading or ELA scores (Decker, Mayer, and Glazerman, 2004; Rockoff, 2004; Jacob, 2005).”
Tinkering Toward Accolades: School Gaming Under a Performance Accountability System (2006, background): “…limited systematic analysis of the link or its practical relevance.4 Haney (2000) and 2 There is mixed evidence whether improvements on the test instruments used for accountability are matched by parallel gains on other exams (e.g., Hanushek and Raymond, 2005; Jacob, 2005; Klein et al., 2000).”