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accountability (education)  

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  • Accountability is the state of being in schools today whereby all curricular decisions are made according to measures established by each state according to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Accountability has become the clarion call for pundits and politicians in response to the argument that the nation has “fallen behind” others. [Source: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Accountability]

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