Advances in Educational Administration

by Thurston, Paul W.; Clift, Renee Tipton

• ISBN13: 9780762300815
• ISBN10: 0762300817
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Jai

Summary

Improving Educational Performance: Local and Systematic Reforms, Volume 5 of the series published in 1997, examines improvement of educational performance through state and local reform efforts and through increases in school choice opportunities. Researchers present operational frameworks that address the perceived failure of public schools to provide high levels of student academic performance. These frameworks included measurement, motivation, and accountability in local school districts; state-driven systemic reform of curriculum standards; and accountability through school choice and school-centered reform. Perspectives presented on accountability and educational performance compare the effects of centralized governance and local authority, examine the relative benefits and adverse effects of state government and market competition on school operations, and review the tensions between professional and community control of instruction and assessment.

Table of Contents

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS	vii
IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE: DIVERGENT POLICY PERSPECTIVES	1	(14)
Paul W. Thurston
James G. Ward
PART I. REFORM AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: MEASUREMENT, MOTIVATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY	15	(92)
LINKING MEASUREMENT AND MOTIVATION: A CHALLENGE FOR EDUCATION	15	(44)
Robert D. Behn
ACCOUNTABILITY IN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS: LEARNING TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS	59	(24)
Richard F. Elmore
MOTIVATING EDUCATORS TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS	83	(10)
Robert C. Hill
DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY AND CITIZEN OWNERSHIP: POLITICAL AND SYSTEMIC APPROACHES TO IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE	93	(14)
James G. Ward
PART II. STATE-DRIVEN SYSTEMIC REFORM: CURRICULUM CONTENT STANDARDS	107	(60)
THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE CURRICULUM CONTENT STANDARDS	107	(26)
Michael W. Kirst
Robin L. Bird
A CLASSROOM PERSPECTIVE ON THE POLITICS OF CURRICULUM STANDARDS	133	(12)
Arthur E. Lehr
ASSESSMENT LINKAGES WITH INSTRUCTION AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF DEVELOPMENT	145	(22)
Delwyn L. Harnisch
PART III. INCREASED CHOICE IN PUBLIC EDUCATION	167
SCHOOL CHOICE AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS	167	(24)
John F. Witte
ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER CHARTERS AND OTHER SCHOOL-CENTERED REFORMS	191	(18)
Paul T. Hill
RECONNECTING THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE TO THE COMMUNITY	209	(10)
Sherry R. Eagle
SEEKING CLARITY IN THINKING ABOUT SCHOOL CHOICE AND SCHOOL-CENTERED REFORM	219	(10)
Richard Kamm
WHO BEARS THE BURDEN OF SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY?	229
Paul W. Thurston