IMPROVINGFLORIDA’S TEST-BASED ACCOUNTABILITYSYSTEM: SUGGESTIONS FROM ELEMENTARYSCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

No policy has created more discussion among educators in recent history than the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. NCLB was ostensibly designed to change the culture of schools and improve student achievement, especially the achievement of America’s “neediest children” (U.S. Department of Education, n.d.). Although NCLB is a relatively new policy, some states had similar policies in place prior to NCLB. For instance, Florida established its test-based accountability system in the late 1990s to hold students and educators accountable by measuring studen