Kathryn McDermott, associate professor of education and public policy, is the author of a new book on education accountability policies.
McDermott’s book, High-Stakes Reform: The Politics of Educational Accountability, will be released by Georgetown University Press in September.
High-Stakes Reform draws on policy developments in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Connecticut to examine how testing and other forms of accountability in the schools have been shaped by important political and historical processes. McDermott’s work is an important contribution to our understanding of such controversial issues as testing in the public schools.
A more complete description of McDermott’s book is available on the UMass website.