Democratic school accountability : a model for school improvement / edited by Ken Jones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Ken, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational accountability.

Educational tests and measurements.

School improvement programs.

Teachers.

Physical Description:

xvii, 253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006.

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.

Contents:

Introduction: Raising Schools / Ken Jones xiii

1 A New Model for School Accountability / Ken Jones 1

2 Connecting High-Quality Local Assessment to Teacher Leadership / Delwyn L. Harnisch, Ronald Shope, Mitzi Hoback, Michael Fryda, Darin Kelberlau 29

3 Opportunities to Learn: Beyond Access to Engagement / Jean Whitney 55

4 Teacher Quality and the Teaching Profession: New Messages, New Messengers / Barnett Berry 79

5 School Capacity: Organizing for High Standards and Continuous Learning / Melody J. Shank 107

6 Bottom-Up Accountability: An Urban Perspective / Norm Fruchter, Kavitha Mediratta 137

7 The Accreditation Process: An Inside/Outside School Quality Review System / Katharine Pence 161

8 A Local Accountability System in Progress / George Entwistle 185

9 A Question of Balance: State Oversight vs. Local Ownership / Patrick R. Phillips 221

10 Thinking Ahead / Ken Jones 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1578864623

1578864631

OCLC:

63679930

Publisher Number:

9781578864621

9781578864638