Educational Accountability

Author : Jacob Easley II,Pierre Tulowitzki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317678144

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Educational Accountability by Jacob Easley II,Pierre Tulowitzki Pdf

Educational Accountability: International perspectives on challenges and possibilities for school leadership provides an opportunity to assess, reflect on, and discuss current issues surrounding accountability policies in education from around the globe and the implications they hold for school leadership. It addresses the global trend of accountability policies expanding in scope to include the education profession as well as the increasing incidence of international policy borrowing, brought on chiefly by globalisation. Specific case studies offer a contextual examination of the theory, policy and practice of accountability and an inspection of their influence on school leadership. Cases are intentionally juxtaposed to provide a broad perspective of regional and cultural similarities and departures, and are arranged to reflect the diasporic Chinese, Anglo, European, and Hispanic societies. Bringing together a number of highly regarded experts within the field, the book cultivates a global perspective on the challenges and possibilities for school leaders to foster school effectiveness and improvement. Educational Accountability should be key reading for researchers, policy makers, and current and future school leaders.

Author : Earl Wayne Roberson
Publisher : Educational Technology
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Education
ISBN : 087778017X

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Educational Accountability Through Evaluation by Earl Wayne Roberson Pdf

Author : Robert Kelchen
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421424736

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Higher Education Accountability by Robert Kelchen Pdf

Beginning with the earliest efforts to regulate schools, the author reveals the rationale behind accountability and outlines the historical development of how US federal and state policies, accreditation practices, private-sector interests, and internal requirements have become so important to institutional success and survival

Author : Katherine E. Ryan,Lorrie A. Shepard
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780415873215

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The Future of Test-Based Educational Accountability by Katherine E. Ryan,Lorrie A. Shepard Pdf

In recent decades testing has become a much more visible and high-stakes accountability mechanism that is now seen as a powerful tool that can be used to drive school improvement. The purpose of this book is to identify and analyze the key issues associated with test-based educational accountability and to chart the future of educational accountability research. Chapter contributions are intended to be forward looking rather than a compendium of what has happened in the past. The book provides an accessible discussion of issues such as validity, test equating, growth modeling, fairness for special populations, causal inferences, and misuses of accountability data.

Author : Jo Anne Anderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Educational accountability
ISBN : 9280312766

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Accountability in Education by Jo Anne Anderson Pdf

This booklet offers a set of principles and strategies to be considered in the development and implementation of results-based accountability systems. Technical and political issues are addressed as well as the ways in which educators, policymakers, and community members can use the information from accountability systems to improve results.

Author : Douglas B. Reeves
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780871208330

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Accountability for Learning by Douglas B. Reeves Pdf

A guide to building a student-centered accountability program through teaching, leadership, the curriculum, and the involvement of parents and the community.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789087909024

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Educational Accountability by Anonim Pdf

In an age when responses to accountability regimes in education range from hysteria to cynicism, this volume reframes accountability in narratives of collective, participatory responsibility that leave one feeling inspired and ready to act. The authors, all scholar-practitioners speaking from contexts spanning leadership, policy, literacy, indigenous education, and diversity, explore ways to navigate accountability discourses with wisdom, courage and hope.—Tara Fenwick, PhD, Head, Dept. of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia. In this collection, the preoccupation of educational institutions with accountability is critically examined by writers who work in the field. They consider the impact of accountability regimes on professional practice and the learning agenda, challenge current policies and call for a rethinking of accountability. The skills and knowledge associated with this work is what we should hold schools accountable to. It is, as you see from reading these contributions, time for change.—Stephen Murgatroyd, PhD, Chief Scout, The Innovation Expedition Inc. About the Book From their diverse perspectives, nine educational practitioners discuss current educational accountability policies and how these affect students, educators, learning and teaching in a variety of settings, from K-12 schools to post-secondary institutions and government agencies. The authors combine theory, research and their day-to-day experiences to reflect on the challenges posed by realities such as outcomes-based curricula, high-stakes testing, standardized reporting and management by objectives. By examining current accountability initiatives and their effects in relation to core values of public education such as equity, diversity, democracy and opportunity, this book offers educators a range of insights for thinking about and doing education differently.

Author : Kenneth A. Leithwood,Karen Edge,Doris Jantzi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028819071

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Educational Accountability by Kenneth A. Leithwood,Karen Edge,Doris Jantzi Pdf

The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education has developed a framework for accountability in response to the following five issues: who is accountable, to whom, for what, at what level, and with what consequences.

Author : Ludger Woessmann
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Academic achievement
ISBN : 1848445296

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School Accountability, Autonomy and Choice Around the World by Ludger Woessmann Pdf

Accountability, autonomy and choice are now the watchwords of education reformers around the globe. This book presents new evidence from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test on whether students perform better in school systems with such institutional measures in place. It also provides a theoretical framework for considering these reforms and summarizes previous international evidence. The results confirm that various policies promoting accountability, autonomy and choice are strongly associated with higher achievement for students from both disadvantaged and advantaged backgrounds. In particular, choice through public funding for private schools is associated with both higher performance overall and higher equality of opportunity. Providing detailed and rich facets of different forms of accountability, autonomy and choice, this book is unique in its empirically based and internationally oriented treatment of this up-to-date policy topic. It will be of great interest to academics, policy-makers and practitioners, as well as students in education policy and in the economics of education.

Author : John Tanner
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798570499720

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The Accountability Mindset by John Tanner Pdf

Effective accountability systems are surprisingly easy to observe in effective organizations of all kinds. Unfortunately for schools, those leading the school reform agenda chose to follow a different path, one that uses all the right words but that opted for tools and systems that are incapable of achieving any of the policy goals they envision. The reason for this can be compared to selecting a jackhammer to do the work of a needle: it would be the wrong tool for the job. John Tanner has spent well over a decade researching and exploring what a meaningful educational accountability could look like. His findings are profound and simple: effective organizations of all types follow the same underlying formula when it comes to their organizational accountabilities, which is not the accountability schools currently use. Furthermore, the accountability structure assigned to schools was designed for an entirely different purpose, and excellence, organizational effectiveness, innovation, equity, and quality are not in that purpose. The fact is that the harder schools work within the current system the less likely they are to meet the needs of the students they serve. What makes this book and its content accessible to a wide audience is that Tanner takes the voice of a high school principal guiding her team through the process of converting to a True Accountability system. That voice is an amalgam of thousands of conversations with and among educators doing the work, and as such is intended to make the process both clear and meaningful. Newton High is a fictional high school, but every dialogue that takes place there has occurred multiple times in real life. Finally solving the school accountability conundrum is long overdue. With the publication of The Accountability Mindset, solving one of the most pressing problems in education is now that much closer to being a reality.

Author : Jacob Easley II,Pierre Tulowitzki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317678137

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Educational Accountability by Jacob Easley II,Pierre Tulowitzki Pdf

Educational Accountability: International perspectives on challenges and possibilities for school leadership provides an opportunity to assess, reflect on, and discuss current issues surrounding accountability policies in education from around the globe and the implications they hold for school leadership. It addresses the global trend of accountability policies expanding in scope to include the education profession as well as the increasing incidence of international policy borrowing, brought on chiefly by globalisation. Specific case studies offer a contextual examination of the theory, policy and practice of accountability and an inspection of their influence on school leadership. Cases are intentionally juxtaposed to provide a broad perspective of regional and cultural similarities and departures, and are arranged to reflect the diasporic Chinese, Anglo, European, and Hispanic societies. Bringing together a number of highly regarded experts within the field, the book cultivates a global perspective on the challenges and possibilities for school leaders to foster school effectiveness and improvement. Educational Accountability should be key reading for researchers, policy makers, and current and future school leaders.

Author : Marilyn Cochran-Smith,Molly Cummings Carney,Elizabeth Stringer Keefe,Stephani Burton,Wen-Chia Chang,M. Beatriz Fernández,Andrew F. Miller,Juan Gabriel Sánchez,Megina Baker
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807759318

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Reclaiming Accountability in Teacher Education by Marilyn Cochran-Smith,Molly Cummings Carney,Elizabeth Stringer Keefe,Stephani Burton,Wen-Chia Chang,M. Beatriz Fernández,Andrew F. Miller,Juan Gabriel Sánchez,Megina Baker Pdf

Cochran-Smith and her research team argue that it is time for teacher educators to reclaim accountability. They critique major accountability initiatives, exposing the lack of evidence behind these policies and the negative impact they have on teacher education. They also offer an achievable alternative based on a commitment to equity and democracy.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on Title I Testing and Assessment
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1999-10-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309172868

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Testing, Teaching, and Learning by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Testing and Assessment,Committee on Title I Testing and Assessment Pdf

State education departments and school districts face an important challenge in implementing a new law that requires disadvantaged students to be held to the same standards as other students. The new requirements come from provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of Title I, the largest federal effort in precollegiate education, which provides aid to "level the field" for disadvantaged students. Testing, Teaching, and Learning is written to help states and school districts comply with the new law, offering guidance for designing and implementing assessment and accountability systems. This book examines standards-based education reform and reviews the research on student assessment, focusing on the needs of disadvantaged students covered by Title I. With examples of states and districts that have track records in new systems, the committee develops a practical "decision framework" for education officials. The book explores how best to design assessment and accountability systems that support high levels of student learning and to work toward continuous improvement. Testing, Teaching, and Learning will be an important tool for all involved in educating disadvantaged studentsâ€"state and local administrators and classroom teachers.

Author : Maurice Kogan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000614411

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Education Accountability by Maurice Kogan Pdf

First published in 1986, Education Accountability is a critique of writing on accountability and evaluation with respect to education and its various stakeholders. The author applies frameworks drawn from the theory of knowledge, social psychology and social policy, demonstrating how different assumptions about the nature of schooling, curriculum control and development can give rise to various forms of political control, of which education accountability is a special and important case. This sharp book will be valuable reading for all advanced students of education, whether interested in curriculum or educational administration, as well as to students of political science, social policy and evaluation studies, teacher trainers, administrators and educational researchers.

Author : Robert B. Wagner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317657101

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Accountability in Education by Robert B. Wagner Pdf

Accountability in Education discusses the debate surrounding the accountability of teachers and questions the responsibility that parents, other groups and even children themselves have for their experience at school. In this book, Robert Wagner examines the assumptions underlying criticisms of major institutions for their lack of attention to the ethical and practical ramifications of their policies. Wagner questions the validity of this assumption by analyzing accountability relationships in schools, discussing the responsibility students have for the quality of their own experiences--as well as the potential accountability of parents and other groups--and relating the issue of accountability in education to questions of moral and legal obligation in areas such as business, government and law. His book provides a cogent philosophical analysis of accountability and is invaluable to an understanding of a majour issue in the contemporary discussion of education.