The Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) at American Institutes for Research (AIR) publishes this biannual update of college- and career-readiness standards and assessment (CCRS-A) resources. This list of resources is designed to assist staff in state education agencies (SEAs) and other educators in their curricula, instruction, standards, and…

Overwhelmingly, research shows that program quality is a major determinant in the achievement gains for young children who participate in early education programs. Teacher quality, in particular, is closely related to positive educational outcomes for preschool participants. Research shows that children in programs whose lead and supporting…

Within the US Department of Education's new flexibility initiative, there are three key and fundamental areas of focus, each referred to as a "principle." The second of these is that State Education Agencies (SEAs) must develop and implement differentiated recognition, accountability, and support to assure that all students are taught by…

This paper provides a table that contains a summary of resources available that support the National High School Center's "Eight Elements of High School Improvement: A Mapping Framework". This framework is based on eight common elements of systemic school reform and provides a structure for understanding, aligning, and prioritizing…

The public demand for accountability, legislative mandates, and increased unionization of teachers have focused attention on the inadequacies of traditional teacher evaluation procedures. Attempts to design models that differentiate effective and noneffective teaching have not produced agreed-upon sets of competencies, characteristics or behaviors…

This bibliography lists materials pertinent to accreditation, licensure, certification, and public accountability. Fifty-seven citations are presented alphabetically by title. The ERIC number is indicated at the end of each citation, where appropriate. (MJM)

The author briefly reviews literature dealing with the origins of the accountability movement, with models and programs for its implementation, and with the unresolved philosophical and methodological controversies surrounding accountability. (Author/IRT)

This bulletin briefly describes the functions and services offered by the State Educational Accountability Repository (SEAR), a program of the Cooperative Accountability Project (CAP). SEAR was created as a center to collect information about state accountability efforts and to disseminate it to state education agencies, and to develop…

This bibliography contains over 500 references to articles, journals, documents, and books on management by objectives and goal setting. The citations are arranged in alphabetical order by author. (DN)

This sampler lists resources concerning evaluation and accountability related to mental health in schools that are relatively easy to access through libraries, by phone, or over the Internet. Part 1 includes references to books, book chapters, articles, briefs, reports, fact sheets, and other printed resources; guidebooks and models; agencies; web…

This bibliography lists materials pertinent to accountability and autonomy in postsecondary education. Eighty citations are listed alphabetically by title. ERIC numbers are provided at the end of the citation where appropriate. (MJM)

Investigates student evaluations and focuses on higher education where current concerns with accountability have placed growing emphasis on the students' evaluations of their instructors. The author reviews the literature on student evaluation and discusses the merits of composite evaluation, which makes use of peer evaluations, administrative…

This 191-item annotated bibliography cites materials that fall into three categories: (a) professionalization, (b) collective bargaining, and (c) bureaucratization. Also, there are scattered citations concerning topics that impinge on professionalization, including teacher turnover, teacher centers, and accountability. (PD)

One hundred and fifty-eight entries contain the numbered citation, an annotation, the address or source for securing the cited material, and a statement of cost and any special instructions for ordering. Entries are alphabetized by author. Two indexes are provided to assist the user in locating material that might be of interest. In one of these,…

A bibliography on organizational effectiveness that contains approximately 515 references, dated primarily since 1970, is presented. The focus is the organizational level of analysis, rather than individual effectiveness or environmental (e.g., economy) performance. The literature included comes from the organizational sciences, higher education,…