Democratic School Accountability A Model for School Improvement

by Jones, Ken; Berry, Barnett; Entwistle, George H.; Fruchter, Norm; Fryda, Michael; Harnisch, Delwyn L.; Hoback, Mitzi; Jones, Ken; Kelberlau, Darin; Mediratta, Kavitha; Neill, Monty; Pence, Katharine; Phillips, Patrick; Shank, Melody J.; Shope, Ronald; Whi

• ISBN13: 9781578864638
• ISBN10: 1578864631
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-08
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

This book encourages readers to step out of the box of the current approach to school accountability and shows examples of using multiple methods for assessing student learning, cultivating and sustaining the professional knowledge and skills of teachers, engaging the community in meaningful and empowered decision-making, organizing schools for greater performance, and conducting self-studies and external visitations for monitoring and fostering high quality schooling within the local context.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Monty Neill	V
Introduction: Raising Schools by Ken Jones	xiii
1 A New Model for School Accountability	1	(28)
Ken Jones
2 Connecting High-Quality Local Assessment to Teacher Leadership	29	(26)
Delwyn L. Harnisch, Ronald Shope, Mitzi Hoback, Michael Fryda, and Darin Kelberlau
3 Opportunities to Learn: Beyond Access to Engagement	55	(24)
Jean Whitney
4 Teacher Quality and the Teaching Profession: New Messages, New Messengers	79	(28)
Barnett Berry
5 School Capacity: Organizing for High Standards and Continuous Learning	107	(30)
Melody J. Shank
6 Bottom-Up Accountability:An Urban Perspective	137	(24)
Norm Fruchter and Kavitha Mediratta
7 The Accreditation Process: An Inside/Outside School Quality Review System	161	(24)
Katharine Pence
8 A Local Accountability System in Progress	185	(26)
George Entwistle
9 A Question of Balance: State Oversight vs. Local Ownership	211	(12)
Patrick R. Phillips
10 Thinking Ahead	223	(24)
Ken Jones
About the Contributors	247