At the University of Virginia, Curry School of Education, Daniel L. Duke is Professor, and Pamela D. Tucker and Walter F. Heinecke are Assistant Professors. Margaret Grogan is Dean of the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University.

Introduction
Margaret Grogan

1. U.S. Schools and the New Standards and Accountability Initiative
Walter F. Heinecke, Daniel E. Curry-Corcoran, and Tonya R. Moon

2. The Evolution of Educational Accountability in the Old Dominion
Daniel L. Duke and Brianne L. Reck

3. Initial Responses of Virginia High Schools to the Accountability Plan
Daniel L. Duke and Pamela D. Tucker

4. The Principalship: Renewed Call for Instructional Leadership
Pamela D. Tucker

5. A Study of Successful Teachers Preparing High School Students for the Standards of Learning Tests in Virginia
Margaret Grogan and Pamela B. Roland

6. The Impact of Virginia's Accountability Plan on High School English Departments
Daniel L. Duke, Dan W. Butin, and Amy Sofka

7. How Superintendents in Virginia Deal with Issues Surrounding the Black-White Test-Score Gap
Margaret Grogan and Whitney H. Sherman

8. Educators' Ethical Concerns Arising from the Virginia Accountability Plan
Pamela D. Tucker and Margaret Grogan

9. Educational Leadership in an Age of Accountability
Daniel L. Duke, Margaret Grogan, and Pamela D. Tucker

Contributors

Index