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   Organizational Improvement and Accountability: Lessons for Education from Other Sectors » Read Now

   by Brian Stecher, Sheila Nataraj Kirby. 134 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   Describes accountability models in the manufacturing, job training, legal, and health care sectors; summarizes their effectiveness; and draws specific lessons for educators.
   
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   Making Sense of Test-Based Accountability in Education » Read Now

   by Laura S. Hamilton, Brian M. Stecher, Stephen P. Klein. 169 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   Examining the state of the art in achievement testing and how testing and accountabiltiy can be used most effectively to promote positive educational outcomes.
   
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   Defending Public Schools, Vol. IV: The Nature and Limits of Standards-Based Reform and Assessment (Chap. 5 "Assessment, Accountability, and the Impossible Dream," Chap. 6 "Authentic Accountability: An Alternative to High-Stakes Testing," and Chap. 10 "Leaving No Child Left Behind: Accountability Reform and Students with Disabilities") » Read Now

   by Sandra Mathison, E. Wayne Ross. 194 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   Defending Public Schools addresses the historical, current, and future context of public schools in the United States. While the essays provide an overview of education and schooling issues, the overarching concern is that public schools are under attack and deserve to be defended.
   
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   Standards for Standards-Based Accountability Systems, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

   by Kenneth A. Sirotnik, Kathy Kimball. 6 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library
   
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   Reinventing Public Education: How Contracting Can Transform America's Schools ("Accountability" begins on p. 66) » Read Now

   by Paul T. Hill, Lawrence C. Pierce, James W. Guthrie. 280 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   A heated debate is raging over our nation’s public schools and how they should be reformed, with proposals ranging from imposing national standards to replacing public educationnbsp;altogether with a voucher system for private schools. Combining decades of experience in education, the authors...

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   A heated debate is raging over our nation’s public schools and how they should be reformed, with proposals ranging from imposing national standards to replacing public educationnbsp;altogether with a voucher system for private schools. Combining decades of experience in education, the authors propose an innovative approach to solving the problems of our school system and find a middle ground between these extremes. Reinventing Public Education shows how contracting would radically change the way we operate our schools, while keeping them public and accessible to all, and making them better able to meet standards of achievement and equity. Using public funds, local school boards would select private providers to operate individual schools under formal contracts specifying the type and quality of instruction. In a hands-on, concrete fashion, the authors provide a thorough explanation of the pros and cons of school contracting and how it would work in practice. They show how contracting would free local school boards from operating schools so they can focus on improving educational policy; how it would allow parents to choose the best school for their children; and, finally, how it would ensure that schools are held accountable and academic standards are met. While retaining a strong public role in education, contracting enables schools to be more imaginative, adaptable, and suited to the needs of children and families. In presenting an alternative vision for America’s schools, Reinventing Public Education is too important to be ignored.

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   Legislating Accountability: Standards, Sanctions, and School District Reform, in William and Mary Law Review » Read Now

   by Aaron J. Saiger. 78 pgs.

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   Teacher Accountability, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

   by Francis Schrag. 3 pgs.

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   Q: Are the Tests Required by No Child Left Behind Making Schools More Accountable? Yes: Testing Has Raised Students' Expectations, and Progress in Learning Is Evident Nationwide, in Insight on the News » Read Now

   by Rod Paige. 3 pgs.

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   Q: Are the Tests Required by No Child Left Behind Making Schools More Accountable? No: NCLB's Excessive Reliance on Testing Is Unrealistic, Arbitrary and Frequently Unfair, in Insight on the News » Read Now

   by Reg Weaver. 2 pgs.

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    High Standards for Whom?, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by Donald B. Gratz. 7 pgs.

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    Inquiry-Minded Schools - Opening Doors for Accountability, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by Margaret M. MacMullen, Sharon F. Rallis. 8 pgs.

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    Opportunity to Learn and the Accountability Agenda, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by Robert J. Starratt. 6 pgs.

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    Sacrificing Leaders, Villainizing Leadership: How Educational Accountability Policies Impair School Leadership, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by Sarah W. Nelson, Marla W. McGhee. 6 pgs.

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    Thinking Carefully about Equity and Accountability, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by James Joseph Scheurich, Linda Skrla, Joseph F. Johnson. 7 pgs.

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    The Changing Face of Accountability: Monitoring and Assessing Institutional Performance in Higher Education, in Journal of Higher Education » Read Now

    by F. King Alexander. 21 pgs.

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    To Keep or Not to Keep Performance Funding: Signals from Stakeholders, in Journal of Higher Education » Read Now

    by Joseph C. Burke, Shahpar Modarresi. 22 pgs.

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