Technical Education division session is reported from the American Vocational Association 1971 annual meeting. (MU)

America's push for educational accountability is leading toward industrializing her education and making it more technological, and further asks the question is this what we want. (Author/ML)

Elements of an accountability system for teachers. (RA)

Cites several legal doctrines that have gained currency in the light of recent court actions in academic areas. Provides examples of suits and court rulings covering a wide range of student and parental concerns. Discusses the implications for college administrators and teachers. (AYC)

Responsibility has been neglected in the push to protect and extend rights. Such neglect may have serious consequences for education and society. This article's central focus is an analysis and explanation of collective responsibility as a substitute for the accountability movement, which is more limited and restricted than collective…

This document reviews the meaning of "parity" from three broad categories: teacher education institutions, teachers as represented by unions and professional organizations, and individuals or groups occupying a middle ground. The major points of view of each category are presented and substantiated by excerpts from study commission and task force…

Considers whether college campuses are the place for perpetuation of the status quo or the place to instigate societal change. (HS)

Author offers perspectives on the word accountability and considers its implications in education. (MB)

A proposal to increase accountability in education through the use of performance contracting. (RA)

No matter what variables of personal leadership style may exist, certain constant qualities mark the effective principal. Since accountability presupposes effectiveness, you may wish to check your leadership traits against those discussed here. (Editor)

This paper analyzes the impact of the idea of accountability on education. It considers the kind of relationships that are promoted or produced by the culture of accountability, both in order to understand what kind of relationships are made possible and to understand what kind of relationships are made difficult, or even impossible, as a result…

The opinions of preservice teachers are presented to illustrate the author's feeling that the education profession, faced with taxpayer resistance to increased educational costs, must become more aware of profit/loss ratios and more accountable. (MB)