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Koyama, Jill – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2014
Purpose: The study investigates the ways in which principals engage with, and attend to, the data-driven accountability measures of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and local mandates. Theoretical framework: The study is framed with the notion of "assemblage", a term often associated with actor-network theory (ANT)--a theory that focuses…
Descriptors: Principals, Accountability, Interviews, Urban Schools
Guerra, Melisa G.; Maxwell, Gerri M. – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2015
Educational diagnosticians in the state of Texas serve multiple roles across various districts (National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education [NCPSE], 2011). Due to the increased accountability requirements in the area of special education, much more time is required to complete the procedural requirements set forth by state and…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Special Education, Accountability, Administrator Attitudes
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Genao, Soribel – Management in Education, 2013
"The commander of our ship knows that the eyes and ears of the shipmates will provide valuable information; that when combined with the experience and knowledge of leadership will navigate the ship to clear waters and bountiful lands" (Intertech, 2011). This analogy is reflective of the critical issue of meeting AYP (Adequate Yearly…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Stakeholders, Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes
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Koyama, Jill; Kania, Brian – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2014
In the United States (US), an increase in standardization, quantification, competition, and large-scale comparison--cornerstones of neoliberal accountability--have been accompanied by devices of transparency, through which various forms of school data are made available to the public. Such public reporting, we are told by politicians and education…
Descriptors: Accountability, Politics, Politics of Education, Educational Policy
Howard, Rex Ivan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As student accountability models have become the norm in the United States, first in individual states such as North Carolina and then throughout the nation with No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the implementation of inclusion as a curriculum delivery model for students with disabilities has been explored. The purpose of this study was to examine how…
Descriptors: Accountability, State Standards, National Standards, Inclusion
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Ovando, Martha N.; Ramirez, Alfredo, Jr. – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to identify principals' instructional leadership actions within a comprehensive teacher evaluation system in successful schools rated as recognized or exemplary by the accountability measures in place. The study followed a multiple case study approach. Participants included six school administrators within the same…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Teacher Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Site Analysis