Elisabeth L. Woody

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Elisabeth L. Woody
Principal Research Scientist, University of California, Berkeley and Project Director,
Policy Analysis for California Education

Elisabeth L. Woody's research interests include student experiences on school reform, gender and diversity issues, critical pedagogy, and educators' responses to accountability in public schools. Woody is a former project director at Policy Analysis for California Education. She received the outstanding graduate student instructor award. She received her PhD in social and cultural studies in education from the University of California, Berkeley.

updated 2006

Publications by Elisabeth L. Woody
Rekindling Reform
Crucial Issues in California Education, 2006 provides the education community with an overview of key policy topics grounded in lessons learned from recent research and practice. Authors locate issues within the context of the state’s standards and…
District Efforts to Raise Achievement across Diverse Communities in California
In California, policymakers and educators had already turned their attention to addressing inequities in student achievement with the passage of the Public School Accountability Act (PSAA) in 1999. PSAA provided a framework for learning with…
Successes, Challenges, and Opportunities for Improvement
Accountability for student performance is on the minds of everyone in U.S. education—from policymakers to district administrators to principals. While the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) has claimed center stage in the national…
Educators Respond to Accountability
Across the nation, and in California in particular, it is impossible to ignore the increased emphasis on accountability and its impact on public school policies and practices. Accountability policy has gained wide support among state policymakers,…