This booklet is intended to aid classroom teachers in implementing the accountability model developed by the Michigan Department of Education. The authors discuss and provide examples of each of the accountability model's six steps--1) identification of goals, 2) performance objectives, 3) assessment of needs, 4) analysis of delivery systems, 5)…

This is one of a series of information packets developed as part of Project ACCESS to aid Colorado teachers, educational administrators, and school board members in implementing local educational improvement plans as mandated by Colorado's Educational Accountability Act of 1971. This particular information packet provides a framework for…

Management and supervision in a management by objectives system do not focus on the quality or efficiency of a list of activities. Rather, the manager and supervisor validate progress in reaching agreed outcomes. The implementation of a management and supervision by results approach requires (a) agreement on a statement of mission; (b) agreement…

The handbook for vocational rehabilitation is the result of an effort to review the literature on program evaluation, organize it, and reduce it to usable form. Taking the position that the purposes of program evaluation are to determine what are the best programs and why, to suggest ways to strengthen existing programs, and to suggest new ways to…

This packet is concerned with the problem of choosing and writing educational goals and objectives and the determination of goal achievement with emphasis on: (a) the determining valid goals and objectives; (b) stating goals and objectives in terms that are measurable; and (c) measuring the achievement of goals and objectives. Section one reviews…

This abridgement of "PLANS: Basic Program in Educational Planning and Problem Solving" is a condensation of the training manual for the PLANS model and is aimed at providing a brief presentation of the seven steps of the model. These seven steps identify the problem, define the problem, analyze the problem, generate alternative solutions, select…

The Center for Cooperative Research with Schools (CReWS) contracted to develop a management information system (MIS) for the National Regional Resources Center of Pennsylvania (NRRCP). The system was originally intended to transform NRRCP data into management--oriented information to support decision-making within the agency. After a year's work,…

In addition to some general and basic principles regarding the importance of an acceptable accountability system, a number of specific criteria for evaluating state accountability programs is provided. The stated purposes of such a system and the specific uses of the resulting data should be clear and concise. Local control must be retained and…

Describes the Instructional Management Accountability Model, developed at Florida Atlantic University, designed to provide a framework for implementing mandated accountability in the preparation and certification of teachers. The model focuses upon program, facility and staff. (RAO)

This 21st Century Skills Map is the result of hundreds of hours of research, development and feedback from educators and business leaders across the nation. The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has issued this map for the core subject of Social Studies.

The booklet is an informational and educational tool designed to help a consumer do three things: (1) to communicate more effectively with those who provide the products and services he or she buys; (2) to locate sources of help; and (3) to resolve complaints in the most effective manner. The booklet contains two major parts. Part 1, "How To…

The importance of fiscal management and its reflection in the administrative program (placement of emphasis, priorities in long range planning, and activities that need developing) is reviewed in this report. Guidelines are provided for (1) cost analysis in education budgets; (2) purposes of budgets; (3) types of budgets (Planning Programming…

Educational accountability could be defined as reporting the congruence between agreed upon goals and their realization. Although this definition of educational accountability may appear to be simple, its application is complex. The plan proposed in this booklet provides a method for applying accountability. The first section of the report traces…

When individuals or groups join together to work toward a common goal, a partnership is formed. Successfully reaching the goal requires mutual cooperation and a sharing of responsibilities. While carried out in different ways, the principles used to satisfy personal and business partnerships are much the same. Parents are the child's first and…

The promise charter schools hold for public school innovation and reform lies in an unprecedented combination of freedom and accountability. Underwritten with public funds but run independently, charter schools are free from a range of state laws and district policies stipulating what and how they teach, where they can spend their money, and who…