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Public School Forum of North Carolina, 2019
Public schools have, for generations, played a critical role in the lives of the vast majority of North Carolinians-they are ingrained into the fabric of identity as a state. Many of the issues in the Top Ten highlight where the erosion of the historic commitment to public schools for the public good is seen. The Public School Forum of North…
Descriptors: Public Schools, State Policy, Educational Policy, Public Education
King, Jean A.; Rohmer-Hirt, Johnna A. – New Directions for Evaluation, 2011
From the 1980s to the present, educational accountability in the United States has grown dramatically. Such accountability in U.S. school districts, although driven primarily by external demands, has internal manifestations as well. The chapter traces the historical development of internal evaluation in American school districts, then highlights…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Testing Programs, Standardized Tests, School Districts
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Performance Reporting. – 2003
Under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), all public school districts, campuses, and the state are evaluated annually for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The Texas AYP plan meets the requirements of the NCLB, maintains the integrity of the Texas assessment program, and provides a mechanism for evaluating district and campus AYP in 2003. Following…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation
Herman, Joan L.; Brown, Richard S.; Baker, Eva L. – 2000
The progress of students and schools in California is examined by reviewing the state's recent test history and the state's progress in creating a sound, standards-based assessment system. The story about California is mixed. Overall performance on the Stanford Achievement Test, ninth edition (SAT-9) shows that the state average, overall grades…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Chamberlin, James L. – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2007
Over the past five years the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) has used the results of the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) to rate public school performance on the School Accountability Report (SAR). The public often considers the school ratings as indicative of the school's quality. There appears to be a lack of quantitative…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Poverty, Academic Achievement, School Size
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1989
The Maryland Accountability Testing Program Annual Report is a reference document for the public that includes a survey of current test results and the progress being made by Maryland public school students in grades 3, 5, and 8. The California Achievement Tests are the standardized achievement tests used to provide the information required by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Annual Reports, Elementary Secondary Education
San Miguel, Trinidad; Garza, Ruben; Gibbs, Warren – 2000
This report describes the accountability system for the Texas public schools and notes recognition the system has received. Since 1993, the state has had an accountability system for prekindergarten-12 schools. The addition in 1998 of an accountability system for educator preparation makes Texas the first state to create a prekindergarten-grade 16…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1996
This is the first in a series of reports on the educational progress of Texas public schools. It reviews the concerns that led to the development of the integrated accountability system now used in Texas and examines this system relative to those of other states. A major new research and evaluation effort, the Statewide Texas Educational Progress…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1998
The School-Based Management and Accountability Program, also known as the "ABCs of Public Education," or just "the ABCs," is the statewide school-based accountability program for public schools in North Carolina. This document reports the results of the 1997-98 ABCs, in the second year of the implementation of the ABCs in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1999
In 1998, the Kentucky General Assembly called for a new testing system known as the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) to determine how much children are learning in school. This brochure tells the basics about Kentucky's system of public education. The "Core Content" document describes what students should know and be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment

Cohen, Judith H. – Journal of Law and Education, 1989
Surveys the legal challenges to teacher certification based on objective competency tests; analyzes the theories of the challenges; and discusses implementation of these tests with particular reference to the declining number of eligible minority candidates. Describes "custom designed" certification programs used by a few states. (MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Group Teachers

North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 2001
The North Carolina State Board of Education developed the ABCs of Public Education in response to the School-Based Management and Accountability Program enacted in 1996. The ABCs focuses on accountability with an emphasis on high educational standards, teaching the basics, and maximum local control. This document reports the results of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Achievement Gains

Herman, Joan L. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1997
In the United States, large-scale assessment is beginning to be used to promote educational system accountability and improvement. Widespread dissatisfaction with student outcomes and public schooling is fueling the search for alternative assessments as a part of educational reform. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Delaware Department of Education, 2007
This report, submitted to the U.S. Department of Education, contains summary details of Delaware students' growth in the areas of reading, mathematics, writing, science and social studies. The results reported herein are part of a long-term effort to gather data on Delaware students' educational progress and use the data to inform decisions about…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Educational Testing, Accountability, Testing Programs
Kippel, Gary M.; And Others – 1979
A research project was developed for New York City public schools to improve student achievement based on analysis of school performance and subsequent development of corrective action evaluated within a framework of accountability. The program was composed of: (1) participation in the decision making process by various special interest groups;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Databases, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement