1st Edition

Educational Accountability Effects An International Pespective: A Special Issue of the Peabody Journal of Education

Edited By Kenneth Leithwood, Lorna Earl Copyright 2001
    220 Pages
    by Routledge

    220 Pages
    by Routledge

    This collection of essays offers an international perspective on educational accountability effects. Issues addressed include: market-driven approaches to accountability; decentralization approaches to accountability; management approaches to accountability; and more.

    Volume 75, Number 4, 2001.
    Contents: K. Leithwood, L. Earl, Educational Accountability Effects: An International Perspective. Part I:Market-Driven Approaches to Accountability. R.R. O'Reilly, L. Bosetti, Charter Schools: The Search for Community. Part II:Decentralization Approaches to Accountability. K. Parker, K. Leithwood, School Councils' Influence on School and Classroom Practice. V. Robinson, H. Timperley, The Link Between Accountability and Improvement: The Case of Reporting to Parents. Part III:Professional Approaches to Accountability. R.E. Blum, Standards-Based Reform: Can it Make a Difference for Students? L. Earl, N. Torrance, Embedding Accountability and Improvement Into Large-Scale Assessment: What Difference Does it Make? Part IV:Management Approaches to Accountability. H. Raham, Cooperative Performance Incentive Plans. C. Kelley, S. Conley, S. Kimball, Payment for Results: The Effects of the Kentucky and Maryland Group-Based Performance Award Programs. R.T. Ogawa, E. Collom, Using Performance Indicators to Hold Schools Accountable: Implicit Assumptions and Inherent Tensions.

    Biography

    Kenneth Leithwood