In order to aid in the adaptation of various management techniques to education, the Rocky Mountain School Study Council is sponsoring a Title III project entitled Project for Educational Evaluation and Accountability.'' One aim of the project is to begin to apply management by performance objectives in the classroom. The use of performance will…

Six papers from a Phi Delta Kappa symposium on educational accountability begin with an examination of accountability both as a goal and a process for achieving a goal, particularly from the state education agency perspective. The second paper, prepared from the vantage point of the teacher, asks questions about the development of accountability…

By law the Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation has the primary responsibility for assuring the quality of elementary and secondary education programs in the state. The Commission finds its role as one of validation and process evaluation according to established procedures. Recently, the state legislature mandated the establishment of…