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Miller-Whitehead, Marie – 2003
This study examined Alabama and Tennessee state education report card data for 1998 through 2003. The purpose of the study was to determine whether there were measurable differences in reported accountability indicators between districts that elected and those that appointed superintendents. The study also examined trends in attrition and hiring…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Indicators, Elections, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textMathews, Jerry G.; And Others – 1995
The Mississippi Report Card (MRC) is used by the State Department of Education as a public school accountability tool. The MRC describes and characterizes school district performance and links the performance indicator profile to the accreditation level for each school district in the state. This study provided a descriptive profile of each of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Indicators
Miller-Whitehead, Marie – TVEE Monitor, 2002
The purpose of this study was to examine the state level, district level, and school level education accountability data that were made available on selected State Department of Education Web sites in 2000-2001. The issues of interest were: (1) differences in reported indicators on the education report cards produced in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Content Analysis, Educational Indicators
Herrington, Carolyn D. – 1993
This study focuses on school report cards as an accountability tool, and on how their use interacts with one of the most persistent problems facing the public education system, i.e., the continuing underachievement of minority students. The paper looks specifically at the issues concerning the desirability of reporting student performance by race…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Calvery, Robert; And Others – 1994
The purpose of the study was to determine the characteristics of the 10 best school districts in Arkansas for 1992-93. State legislation (Act 688) of 1989 established an Office of Accountability within the State Department of Education that would provide, among other things, an annual school report card. The school report card assesses the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Educational Quality
Kochan, Susan E.; And Others – 1993
Louisiana is one of the few states to produce and distribute school report cards to public school parents statewide. The state undertook a formal evaluation, here reported, of the "1991-92 Report Cards." In Phase 1 a random sample of roughly 2,000 parents and 6,000 faculty statewide was surveyed by mail with a 30-item questionnaire…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Records, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education
