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Understanding Accountability in Education

reviewed by Yvette Daniel - 2003

Title: Understanding Accountability in Education
Author(s): M. Evers & H. Walberg(Eds.)
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford
ISBN: 0817938818, Pages: 198, Year: 2002
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This is the third book edited by members of the Koret task force in collaboration with the Hoover Institute.�� The Primer (Moe, 2001) laid the groundwork for the task force to proceed with investigations into school choice and accountability.� This was followed by Choice with Equity (Hill and Campbell, 2002) that explored the contentious issues of school choice in public education in the United States.� School Accountability, edited by Williamson Evers and Herbert Walberg has gathered contributions from specialists studying educational issues from different perspectives including historians, economists, political scientists, policy analysts, and psychologists.� This collection can be placed on the Right of the debates about accountability in US public education.� As is typical of analysts working within this political framework, their discussion might be enhanced by considering that the current emphasis on accountability is rooted in a �rationalistic assumption that it is indeed possible- and, indeed desirable- to measure performance� (Broadfoot 2001, p. 136). In the first section, Diane Ravitch presents a historical overview of accountability and the... (preview truncated at 150 words.)

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Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 105 Number 4, 2003, p. 545-549
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 11061, Date Accessed: 7/5/2020 1:24:06 AM

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Yvette Daniel York University, Toronto E-mail Author Yvette Daniel is completing her Ph.D at York University�s Faculty of Education with a focus on educational policy analysis and issues of leadership and social justice. She is also an administrator at a local school board (on leave), teaches Human and Social Development in the Pre-service program and her recent publications include Daniel, Y., Edge, K. & Griffith, A., 2002. Educational Research, Globalization and Change: Exploring Issues. In C. Reynolds & A. Griffith, (Eds). Equity & Globalization in Education. Calgary: Detselig.

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