This report, submitted by the Board of Regents of the University and Community College System of Nevada (UCCSN), outlines anticipated programs and expansion of existing programs, anticipated costs and resources, and other information concerning the comprehensive planning of the UCCSN for the next 4 years. The first section of the report includes…

This 1999 revision of the Virginia Plan for Higher Education is required by the State Council of Higher Education. The report presents the vision for Virginia's higher education system, and addresses the changing needs and expectations for the system, organized into the areas of the education contract, access, quality, affordability, and…

This New Zealand project was intended to develop and test a framework for early child care practitioners to undertake their own evaluation of implementation of Te Whariki, the New Zealand early childhood curriculum, in a range of early child care centers. This report marks the completion of the project's phase 1, involving focus group interviews…

The intent of this discussion paper is to provide a survey of emerging trends in general education reform at institutions of higher education. Ten themes are identified: (1) rethinking the major; (2) concern with student learning beyond course content; (3) an increased emphasis on diversity; (4) the importance of technology; (5) efficiency and…

This report details achievements and progress of the Alabama State College System for the 1995-96 academic year. Included are introductory remarks from the Chancellor, and a report on state board's new partnership with the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT). State board achievements in the areas of management and accountability are…

The selections in this collection present common sense approaches to improving the quality of teachers. These approaches involve easing the regulations that control entry, devolving personnel decisions to individual schools, and then holding these schools accountable for producing results as gauged by their students' academic achievement. Some of…

This book examines issues in accountability and standards in higher education within the context of 1996 and 1997 British reports concerning governance of higher education and the wider public scene. Part 1 examines the values and assumptions of academic research and scholarship and accountability issues concerning investment to fund that work.…

This document contains accountability profiles with detailed information for the overseas schools of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS). Each profile contains a description of the school, district, or area characteristics and highlights identified by the principal or superintendent. Profiles also contain the 1996-1997 benchmark…

The paper addresses the following controversial issues between colleges and their external stakeholders: defining and measuring student success, developmental education, and accountability. Given a variety of educational goals by individual learners, community colleges need to create a system of multiple measures to define student success. An…

This paper addresses problems in California's public education. The government has responded with various top-down programs. California and other states have crafted state academic-content standard and accountability programs. California has approved core academic-content standards that are rigorous and emphasize real knowledge and skills.…

As part of Maryland's performance accountability process, public colleges and universities have had to develop a plan for the assessment of undergraduate student learning outcomes and submit annual progress reports to the Maryland Higher Education Commission. This report includes highlights of the submissions from each of the 13 public four-year…

Faculty members at Idaho State University evaluated the use of case analysis as an accountability measure for demonstrating teacher candidates' abilities to meet targeted course, institutional, and state teaching standards for student motivation and classroom management. Thirty-four teacher candidates completed a case analysis assessment.…

This is a report on the Qualitative Use of Evaluative Systems and Techniques (QUEST) program used by Pensacola Junior College (PJC) (Florida) to assess, integrate, and improve institutional effectiveness. The program focuses on 12 major institutional functions: strategic planning, academic programming, facilities planning, college operations,…

This paper discusses how to engage educational stakeholders for productive partnerships in accountability, examining accountability in the world of demands and describing the Texas Prospectus for Shared Accountability, which provides 3 components: (1) the Partnership for Texas Public Schools (consisting of the Chancellor of the Texas A&M…

Whether increasing reliance on policy-driven assessment for accountability and control of educational institutions is actually sabotaging long-term goals and purposes of the schools is explored, questioning whether current practices of high-stakes testing are anathema to real education values. The distinction between policy-driven assessment and…