1. Market-Based Accountability System What is it?

2. Background A Nation at Risk (1983) brought awareness to the importance of a good education system 1990s- A shift to a market-based accountability system No Child Left Behind- Formal shift to a national market-based accountability system.

3. Research Findings "GAMING" Special education placement increase Retention Coaching and Cheating Philadelphia Inquirer (2011)

4. Research Findings Impact of Pressure Dropout Rates Achievement Gaps Help or Hurt Students?

5. Research Findings Narrowing Curriculum and Content Teaching to the test Emphasis on Reading, Writing, and Math Students fall behind in other subjects

6. Research Findings Student Performance vs. Tests Varied Performance Even positive results had negative feedback

7. Conclusion Research Findings Money incentives hurt students Even positive research doesn't deny consequences Narrowing of content

8. Implications Educational Change Curriculum Change/Development Approach

9. Implications Organizational Change Reorganization of skill-based approach Focus on higher order skills to teach same basic skills we already teach

10. Further Conclusion- What is Missing? Loopholes Pre 1990s studies Other countries?

11. Action-Research Proposal Question/Problem statement Data Collection Tools for Capturing Information/Questioning Analysis/Plan for change