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Download full textPotemski, Amy – National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, 2009
According to Section 2141(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), local education agencies (LEAs) that fail to meet annual measurable objectives and make adequate yearly progress (AYP) for three consecutive years must enter into an agreement with the state education agency…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs, School Districts
Peer reviewedSpaght, Samuel – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1971
A preliminary report on performance contracting in the Wichita school district. (RY)
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Experiments, Educational Innovation
Ringel, Dean; And Others – American School Board Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Boards of Education, Educational Experiments
Sigel, Efrem; Sobel, Myra – 1971
This report explores the evolutionary process of the concepts of accountability and performance contracting from their inception through mid 1970-71. Six major topics are discussed: (1) ideological, managerial, and pedagogical underpinnings, (2) definitions and history of the concepts, (3) five performance contracting projects, (4) the political…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Economics, Educational Experiments
Lessinger, Leon M. – 1970
One of the originators of performance contracting explains how school districts can use that concept to attack difficult educational problems and meet the increasing demand that schools be held accountable for their educational product. The author argues that what he calls "educational engineering" will guarantee a basic level of achievement in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Dropout Prevention, Educational Economics
Washington State Temporary Special Levy Study Commission. – 1971
This report, volume II of an indepth study of special levy problems in Washington State, represents the results of a study commission examination of finance and curriculum and contact with commission counterparts in the Federal Government, and a review of the work of other States. Included in this volume are (1) a funding formula simulation study…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs, Educational Finance
Dickinson, William E., Ed. – 1971
This report, the result of five NSBA workshops on performance contracting, provides guidelines to assist school boards in meeting public demands for accountability. Part I explains the broad concept of accountability, describes the mechanics of a performance contract, and outlines a model approach for "turnkeying" a successfully…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Boards of Education, Educational Experiments
