Leaving Children Behind: How "Texas-style" Accountability Fails Latino Youth

Argues for a more valid and democratic approach to assessment and accountability.

The federal government has based much of its education policies on those adopted in Texas. This book examines how "Texas-style" accountability-the notion that decisions governing retention, promotion, and graduation should be based on a single test score-fails Latina/o youth and their communities. The contributors, many of them from Texas, scrutinize state policies concerning high-stakes testing and provide new...