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Changing Paradigms: A Historical Analysis of School Autonomy and Accountability Policies in Colombia
Tomas Esper – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2024
Spreading like wildfire, school autonomy with accountability (SAWA) policies have transformed education worldwide. Rooted in new public management, SAWA is a 'policy bundle' that links greater decision-making at the school level with standardization and monitoring practices like large-scale assessments and performance indicators. As with every…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutional Autonomy, Educational History, Accountability
Juanatey, Ana García; Jordana, Jacint; Durán, Ixchel Pérez; Royo, David Sancho – European Journal of Higher Education, 2021
This contribution examines recent transformation in the institutionalization of a new mode of governance in the field of Higher Education. We identify three characteristics of the institutional design of public Quality Assurance Agencies (QAAs) that operate at the national level in the field of higher education. In order to do so, we examine three…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Comparative Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
National Association of Charter School Authorizers, 2023
Charter school authorizing is a powerful strategy for making excellent public schools and educational opportunities available to all students and communities, especially those who are historically under-resourced. Done well, authorizing increases student achievement by expanding the supply of quality public schools. Because authorizing is a…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Charter Schools, Educational Opportunities, Public Schools
Ugarte, Carolina; Urpí, Carmen; Costa-París, Ana – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2022
This article aims to point out how school autonomy helps principals reach higher quality by increasing flexibility in three areas: pedagogy, organization and management. Autonomy leads to an improvement in student performance and, consequently, in educational quality. A theoretical framework based on literature review and PISA results is followed…
Descriptors: Institutional Autonomy, School Administration, Foreign Countries, Principals
Tamrat, Wondwosen – Quality in Higher Education, 2019
The Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA) was established in Ethiopia to spearhead efforts in the assurance of quality at a national level. This study examined the views of private providers about the operational features and practices of HERQA. Findings revealed that despite its significant contributions in formalising and…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Quality Assurance, Private Colleges, Foreign Countries
Center for Learner Equity, 2020
Schools across the country are making plans for how to approach education in various combinations of distance and in-person learning for the foreseeable future given the realities of COVID-19. It is vitally important that equity for all students, including those with disabilities, is prioritized and planned for. The Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Equal Education, Standards, COVID-19
Jones, Glen A. – Higher Education Forum, 2019
This paper discusses recent reforms to university governance and international trends in terms of changes to the academic profession to illuminate how both of these shifts are decreasing the role of the professoriate in academic decision-making. The author argues that there is a need to maintain the relative autonomy of public research…
Descriptors: Governance, Global Approach, Educational Trends, Educational Change
National Association of Charter School Authorizers, 2018
The "Principles & Standards for Quality Charter School Authorizing," first established in 2004, reflect the lessons learned by experienced authorizers. This foundational resource for National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) has been used to guide authorizing practices across the country and is referenced in state…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Quality, Standards, Institutional Autonomy
National Charter School Resource Center, 2016
In partnership with the National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC), the National Association for Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) has been conducting authorizer assessments over the past six years. However, the correlation between high-quality authorization practices and charter school impact has largely been unexplored. This report uses a…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Formative Evaluation, Educational Quality, School Administration
Bui, Binh; Hoang, Hien; Phan, Duc P. T.; Yapa, P. W. Senarath – Accounting Education, 2017
Prior research suggests that despite the mass development of higher education in Vietnam recently, the quality of higher education is declining. This study aims to understand the impact of the education reform on the quality of university accounting education by investigating the involvement of different stakeholders in accounting education within…
Descriptors: Governance, Compliance (Psychology), Educational Change, Educational Quality
Kim, Juli; Field, Tim; Hassel, Bryan C. – Public Impact, 2019
Across the United States, a movement to create a new kind of public school--"autonomous district schools"--is giving districts the freedoms charter schools receive. Like charter schools, autonomous district schools are freed from innovation-inhibiting state and district policies, allowing talented educators to make academic and…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Public Schools, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement
National Association of Charter School Authorizers, 2015
Charter school authorizing is a powerful strategy for making excellent public schools and educational opportunities available to all students. Done well, charter authorizing increases student achievement by expanding the supply of quality public schools to satisfy unmet needs--particularly by providing life-changing opportunities for students…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Standards, Institutional Autonomy, Quality Control
National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NJ1), 2012
Charter school authorizing is a powerful strategy for making excellent public schools and educational opportunities available to all students. Done well, charter authorizing increases student achievement by expanding the supply of quality public schools to satisfy unmet needs--particularly by providing life-changing opportunities for students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Opportunities, Charter Schools, Guidance
Doyle, Daniela; Field, Tim – Public Impact, 2013
Charter school boards enter into a critical bargain: autonomy for accountability. Compared with their traditional district counterparts, they operate with relative freedom in curriculum, hiring, budgeting, and other operational decisions. In exchange, they are held accountable for student performance in ways that traditional district schools are…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Closing, Charter Schools, Educational Quality
Williams, Ross; de Rassenfosse, Gaétan; Jensen, Paul; Marginson, Simon – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2013
This paper evaluates the performance of national higher education systems in 48 countries as measured with 20 variables grouped under the four headings of Resources, Environment, Connectivity and Output. Rankings within each module are then combined into an overall ranking that is topped by the United States followed by Sweden, Canada, Finland and…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies
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