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School Accountability, Autonomy, and Choice Around the World.(Brief article)(Book review)
School Accountability, Autonomy, and Choice Around the World. Ludger Woessmann, Elke Lude-mann, Gabriela Schutz, and Martin R. West (Edward Elgar).
Education reforms based on accountability, autonomy, or choice became popular long before there was much hard evidence that they actually lead to better student performance. This book--short, dense, and likely to be particularly prized by those who love tables full of statistics, though the prose is very clear--is an important contribution to the growing collection of high-quality studies finding that greater accountability, autonomy, and choice do, indeed, make for a better education system and greater student learning. The book also showcases an approach to learning from international evidence very different from simply sending researchers to Finland to observe Finnish math ...
- School accountability, autonomy and choice around the world.(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News August 1, 2009 700+ words
9781848445291 School accountability, autonomy and choice around the world. Woessmann...accountability, autonomy, and choice and competition, as well as...School Autonomy and Parental Choice," and "School Autonomy, Choice...
- What might school accountability do? (Research Summaries).(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: NBER Reporter Figlio, David N. September 22, 2001 700+ words
...as increased choice (either within...to improve. School accountability is the centerpiece...public-school choice. In both bills...issues related to school accountability. My work on...associated with school accountability. The specific...consequences for school ...
- TRAVELING THE BUMPY ROAD TO SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY.(Editorial)(Column)
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) January 10, 1999 700+ words
...Counts has adopted a six-part framework for school accountability: statewide tests; ``report cards'' describing...pussycat or a tiger, depending on the board's choices. States face tough choices in how high to set the bar, Quality Counts...
- Test scores at core of state's new school accountability plan.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Lonetree, Anthony October 5, 2000 700+ words
...But developing the report also strengthens the chances of school-accountability measures being passed next year, a key legislator said...designations would help parents and students make school choices, but she hoped that they would be used fairly. She also...
- Becoming part of the solution, not part of the problem.(Leaving No Child...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Teacher Education Walsh, Kate March 1, 2007 700+ words
...Politics and Practice of School Accountability. Washington, DC...endorsement of the law's choice and free market provisions...compromised vision of school choice, bungling districts...efforts to introduce school accountability. It is a strong book...
- School accountability accounting.(COMMENTARY)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times April 24, 2005 700+ words
...America's Schools," and offered an answer to our woes: school choice, they said - letting parents and children out of the accountability...on which we've counted so long doesn't work, whenever choice is proposed those who have a stake in the status quo block it...
- SCHOOL ``ACCOUNTABILITY'' IT TAKES MORE THAN TESTS.(LOCAL)(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot April 24, 1998 700+ words
...brainstorming all kinds of ways to get our kids ready.'' Another teacher has been giving her eighth-graders multiple-choice history questions every day. The disruptions caused by the pre-test drills have angered a number of parents as well as some...
- SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY PASSES HOUSE BILL CALLS FOR COMMISSION TO MEET THIS...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Shapley, Thomas March 12, 1999 700+ words
...performance reports - including comparisons with comparable schools - and information about school safety, teacher credentials and choice options. The Senate passed a similar measure Wednesday. Lawmakers from both houses will have to work out their differences...
