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Accountability attempts to raise school performance by yearly assessing student achievement to make sure that students are meeting and progressing at the level expected by state standards. The problem is that, in order for students to meet and progress relative to accountability standards, their in class grades must correspond to the achievement levels associated with state standards, and it is unclear whether this correspondence takes place in all situations, particularly in minority or low income areas. OERI (1994) reported that there has not been a good deal of research into this problem and therefore, there is really no way to determine the gap at any given high poverty school between assig
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