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Direct linkO'Neill, Onora – Oxford Review of Education, 2013
Systems of accountability are "second order" ways of using evidence of the standard to which "first order" tasks are carried out for a great variety of purposes. However, more accountability is not always better, and processes of holding to account can impose high costs without securing substantial benefits. At their worst,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Evidence, Evaluation Utilization
Bers, Trudy – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2012
Surveys and benchmarks continue to grow in importance for community colleges in response to several factors. One is the press for accountability, that is, for colleges to report the outcomes of their programs and services to demonstrate their quality and prudent use of resources, primarily to external constituents and governing boards at the state…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Community Colleges, Accountability, Surveys
Ehren, Melanie C. M.; Swanborn, Machteld S. L. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2012
School inspections are expected to have an impact on data use and improvement of schools. Schools are expected to generate data (e.g., self-evaluation reports and student achievement results) as part of the inspection process. This process, in turn, also generates data (e.g., inspection reports) for school improvement. The high-stakes context in…
Descriptors: Inspection, Accountability, Evaluation Utilization, Inferences
Download full textData Quality Campaign, 2011
America can no longer afford an education system that fails to use data effectively to guide decisionmaking. The education sector is facing ever-increasing demands to improve student outcomes, reduce burden, increase efficiency, and improve transparency. These demands cannot be met without the strategic and effective use of data. Due to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Data
Thomas, Alice – 1987
Views of academic deans at 15 private Minnesota colleges concerning assessment were surveyed. About half of the colleges experienced some but not great pressure for assessment from their external environment while the remaining had felt essentially no pressure. The deans identified obstacles to assessment, including fears about possible intrusion…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment
Thomas, Alice – 1987
Views of the chief academic officers at Minnesota colleges concerning assessment were surveyed. Responses were received from 17 private colleges, 5 University of Minnesota campuses, 7 state universities, 18 community colleges, and 33 area vocational-technical institutes. For each type of institution, survey results are presented concerning: the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment
