Meaningful Accountability and Educational Reform

Responsibility and Accountability in Educational Leadership Keeping Democracy and Social Justice Central to Reform

U programs in educational leadership have been criticized for failing to prepare effective leaders for our nation’s schools. Many of these critics are demanding signifi cant changes to leadership preparation programs, however, amidst these strident calls for change there has been very little dialogue about or consensus on what we as members of a democratic society believe capable educational le...

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Achieving Efficiency and Accountability in Ohs and Workplace Reform

This paper examines the relationship between workplace reform and occupational health and safety. Since the early 1980s major changes have occurred to both industrial relations and occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation. Legislative changes and policy initiatives have created both problems and opportunities in terms of improving occupational health and safety. The paper identifies rea...

The Confusing World of Educational Accountability

Accountability has been a watchword in education for decades—for who could be against it? It has not been a reality, however, because accountability is threatening to many and because, even when desired, it is difficult to implement. There are signs, however, that times are changing. Today, accountability is not only taken more seriously but also sometimes promises to have real teeth. Yet, the ...

Self-Monitoring Assessments for Educational Accountability Systems

Test-based accountability is now the cornerstone of U.S. education policy, and it is becoming more important in many other nations as well. Educators sometimes respond to test-based accountability in ways that produce score inflation. In the past, score inflation has usually been evaluated by comparing trends in scores on a high-stakes test to trends on a lower-stakes audit test. However, separ...