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Ohlssen, Megan; Krempecki, Lauren – National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools, 2020
While charter schools have long promised choice for students--including students with disabilities--they face many challenges in achieving that promise, including some shared by traditional public schools and some unique to the charter model. One way charter schools can overcome these challenges is through the creation of special education…
Descriptors: Special Education, Charter Schools, Organizations (Groups), Centralization
Keddie, Amanda; Holloway, Jessica – School Leadership & Management, 2020
This paper explores issues of social justice in relation to the practice of two principals from two Australian public schools. The stories of these principals are set against a policy backdrop in Australia that has seen renewed emphasis on school autonomy reform, on the one hand, and heightened external accountability and compliance, on the other.…
Descriptors: Institutional Autonomy, School Administration, Centralization, Accountability
Figueroa, Diana Toledo; Golden, Gillian; Giovinazzo, Manon; Jankova, Bojana; Horvathova, Michaela – OECD Publishing, 2017
This policy profile on education in Italy is part of the "Education Policy Outlook" series, which presents comparative analysis of education policies and reforms across The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. Building on the OECD's substantial comparative and sectorial policy knowledge base, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Bakker, Steven – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2012
A particular trait of the educational system under socialist reign was accountability at the input side--appropriate facilities, centrally decided curriculum, approved text-books, and uniformly trained teachers--but no control on the output. It was simply assumed that it met the agreed standards, which was, in turn, proven by the statistics…
Descriptors: Accountability, Social Problems, Ethics, Foreign Students
Onosko, Joe – Democracy & Education, 2011
President Barack Obama's Race to the Top (RTT) is a profoundly flawed educational reform plan that increases standardization, centralization, and test-based accountability in our nation's schools. Following a brief summary of the interest groups supporting the plan, who is currently participating in this race, why so many states voluntarily…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Centralization, Accountability, Educational Planning
Center for the Study of Education Policy, 2009
The past two decades have seen an emerging trend in urban school governance: mayors taking the reins of school district leadership. The impetus for putting the mayor in charge of a city's schools usually stems from at least one of the following being documented or generally perceived about an urban school district: (1) Lack of accountability; (2)…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Governance, School Districts, Accountability

Fitz, John – Peabody Journal of Education, 2003
Examines interconnections between accountability, power, and control within the British education system, focusing on the 5-18 education. Although some of the structures and processes are very similar to those of the U.S. K-12 system, the British national system is highly centralized and highly market-driven, with a strong emphasis on parental…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Centralization, Elementary Secondary Education
Gleason, William; Moldovan, John – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1987
The process and experiences associated with strategic planning in a recently decentralized administrative information systems environment are described. Background information on why Virginia Commonwealth University decentralized the authority, responsibility, and accountability for the delivery of administrative information services to major…
Descriptors: Accountability, Centralization, College Administration, Data Processing
Rotberg, Iris C. – Educational Leadership, 2006
The current preoccupation in the United States with test-based accountability is founded on a set of faulty assumptions--about education practices elsewhere in the world, about international test score comparisons, and about the extent to which test scores are valid indicators of the quality of education or the state of the economy. For example,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Testing, Standardized Tests, Scores

Trachtenberg, Stephen Joel – Change, 1983
The creation of the Massachusetts Board of Regents by legislative act in 1980 marked a major departure from a loosely coordinated system of higher education that had been in place in the state since 1965. The new public system created a central governing board with strong budgetary and program authority. (MLW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Board of Education Role, Centralization, Higher Education

Iram, Yaacov – Higher Education, 1992
Israel's Planning and Grants Committee (PGC), intended to mediate between government and higher education in financial matters, was designed to guarantee academic freedom while improving accountability. The committee is composed largely of academics. Increasing PGC involvement in higher education planning and regulation is restricting…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Accountability, Centralization, College Faculty
Barrett, Christopher; McNamara, Natalie – 1994
This paper describes the experience of a large, complex school system (the Catholic Education System of the Sydney, Australia, Archdiocese) in implementing processes designed to ensure and enhance quality educational outcomes for 62,000 students. The case study details the practice and experience of working at system and school levels over a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Evaluation, Case Studies, Catholic Schools

Holt, Maurice – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1993
Examines the interplay of political and educational factors influencing current U.S. and British school reform. The dominant characteristic of educational policymaking in both countries is "hyperpoliticalization." Britain's 1988 Education Reform Act, motivated by conservative political considerations, represents a setback to secondary…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bureaucracy, Centralization, Collegiality