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Schwartz, Judah L., Ed.; Viator, Katherine A., Ed. – 1990
Problems in accountability assessment are examined from a unique perspective by considering the prices paid as a result of the use of secret tests (tests comprised of items drawn from non-publicly available item banks). This report is a compilation of the following articles: (1) "The Social, Intellectual, and Psychological Prices of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Confidentiality, Educational Assessment
Download full textHernandez, Mario; Hodges, Sharon; Rouse, Lawrence; Meadowcroft, Pamela – 1996
During a symposium, three presentations described initiatives that exemplify the principles and components of the Ecology of Outcomes. Emphasis is on accountability for achieving measurable outcomes and use of outcome information in program planning and development. Summaries of individual papers are: (1) "The Ecology of Outcomes: System…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children
Kanstoroom, Marci, Ed.; Finn, Chester E., Jr., Ed. – 1999
The selections in this collection present common sense approaches to improving the quality of teachers. These approaches involve easing the regulations that control entry, devolving personnel decisions to individual schools, and then holding these schools accountable for producing results as gauged by their students' academic achievement. Some of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Alternative Teacher Certification, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedFreedman, Joe; And Others – Interchange, 1995
Three papers represent an interchange on the article in this issue by D. Meaghan and F. Casas on standardized achievement testing. The first paper calls the article unbalanced. The second paper says it is based on truth but too negative. The third paper is a response from Meaghan and Casas. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Guthrie, James W., Ed.; Kirst, Michael W., Ed. – 1984
The policy papers included in this package address various facets of the topic of data-based accountability for education in California. Guy Benveniste of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Education explores the underlying issue of accountability and describes the implications of different types of accountability measures. In…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Data Processing, Educational Assessment
Direct linkFarrell, Ann – Open University Press, 2005
Research with children is occurring within a climate of mounting international interest in listening to and consulting with children in ways that are respectful of them as competent informants of their own experience. This interest has occurred within "new times" of heightened accountability, regulation and surveillance of research. This climate…
Descriptors: Researchers, Disabilities, Young Children, Research Problems
Cibulka, James G., Ed.; Boyd, William Lowe, Ed. – 2003
This collection of papers presents three approaches to urban educational reform. After "Introduction--Urban Education Reform: Competing Approaches" (James G. Cibulka and William Lowe Byrd), Part 1, "Systems Reforms of Urban School Systems," includes (1) "Accountability at the Improv: Brief Sketches of School Reform in Los…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Whitford, Betty Lou, Ed.; Jones, Ken, Ed. – 2000
This book documents classroom practices and considers the implementation and consequences of the Kentucky Education Reform (KERA) Act through case studies, comparisons to other models, and responses from national experts. The chapters are: (1) "Kentucky Lesson: How High Stakes School Accountability Undermines a Performance-Based Curriculum…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Kochan, Frances K., Ed. – 1999
This collection of seven papers provides a view of the future of educational leadership. Some of the articles deal with the life and world of the principal, while others discuss the issues involved in training educators to become effective educational leaders. The first study examines methods and structures for preparing educators and deals with…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Qualifications, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Frymier, Jack, Ed. – 1996
Responsibility is one of the core values of individuals in a democratic society. This publication presents research findings that address whether responsibility can be learned or taught, and what factors affect its development. Chapter 1 includes seven articles that examine the concept of responsibility, concluding that responsibility is a learned…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Child Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education
Meyerson, Joel W., Ed.; Massy, William F., Ed. – 1994
This collection of seven essays from the Stanford Forum for Higher Education Futures focuses on how downsizing, quality management, and reengineering have are affecting higher education. An introductory paper, "Introduction: Change in Higher Education: Its Effect on Institutional Performance," (Joel W. Meyerson and Sandra L. Johnson)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accounting, Benchmarking, College Administration
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. Commission for Educational Quality. – 1994
A diverse group of individuals was asked to prepare brief commentaries on the condition of higher education, its contribution to the economic and social development of southern U.S., and its need for reform. The 12 resultant essays, each printed seperately, and gathered together in this collection: "Higher Education: A Prized Asset in Need of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Cultural Pluralism, Demography
Gross, Bertram; Singh, Kusum – 1985
Creative actions toward preventing global unemployment seek to (1) uncover the painful realities of joblessness, (2) design better models for fruitful discourse and action, (3) climb the "commanding policy heights" of moral vision, (4) move from autocratic to democratic corporatism, (5) uncover the kind of information that may hold power…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Democracy, Employment Opportunities
Bligh, Donald, Ed. – 1982
Issues pertaining to the teaching function of higher education are considered in four papers from the sixth seminar of the Leverhulme Programme of the Study into the Future of Higher Education. In "Teachers and Staffing," Norman Lindop, Neil Merritt, Brian Gowenlock, and David Warren Piper review the varied contexts and conditions of the…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, College Faculty, Employment Patterns
Gross, Betheny, Ed.; Goertz, Margaret E., Ed. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2005
American public education faces increasing pressure to demonstrate the competence of all of its students as they progress through the grades and, especially, as students exit their high schools. In response, policymakers are developing sophisticated accountability and support systems in efforts to steer schools toward improved performance. These…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, Public Education, Educational Policy
