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National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1994
This document contains selected proceedings from an Education Finance Workshop. The workshop addressed various perspectives about the appropriateness and cost of some currently popular reform approaches. Two introductory papers are: (1) "Our Task: Building the Links," by Ron Henderson; and (2) "Is Public Education Necessary to a Democratic…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Vouchers
Download full textBuechler, Mark – 2002
For its sixth national conference, a national collaboration in support of school reform sharpened its focus by asking Houston Independent School District (HISD) to host the conference and serve as a "case study." HISD was an ideal subject because of a long history of addressing statewide standards-based reform and engaging in multiple…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Change Strategies, Community Involvement
Kemmerer, Frances; And Others – 1985
A review and assessment of states' reform actions, measurement techniques, and the relevance of the reforms for New York State are addressed in this collection of papers from a working seminar on the purpose of schooling and the means of producing higher levels of achievement. The first paper, "Education Reform in the State: A Comparative…
Descriptors: Accountability, Costs, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance
Penn, Patricia; Krysinski, Patricia – 1990
In response to a legislative request, this seminar convened to make a comprehensive study of ways to improve the governance effectiveness of the state's county boards of education and county school board members. Participants were county school board members, superintendents, principals, teachers, service personnel, parents, community leaders, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Peer reviewedBall, G. Carl; And Others – Policy Review, 1990
Presents responses of seven U.S. business leaders (G. Ball, J. Hume, S. Ingram, D. Kearns, T. Peters, D. Roberts, and T. Roeser) to questions about the six national goals for elementary education and secondary education by the year 2000. Highlights enhanced accountability, educational vouchers, structural reform, and resource allocation. (JB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Administrators, Business
CRESST Evaluation Comment, 1989
An overview of an international conference held on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to take stock of the development and use of educational quality indicator systems at the local, state, national, and international levels is provided. Major implications and findings of the education summit held at the University of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Conference Papers
Lortie, Dan C.; Kemmerer, Frances, Ed. – 1987
Issues related to the authority structures governing local public school districts are presented in this volume, which includes a paper and three discussant comments. The thesis of the main paper is that school organization affects the outcomes of public schools. The relationship between features of the formal authority structure to central reform…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Boards of Education, Centralization
