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Understanding Accountability in Educationreviewed 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 Search for book at Amazon.com 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.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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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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