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Author:
Bruns, Barbara.
Title:
Making schools work : new evidence on accountability reforms / Barbara Bruns, Deon Filmer, and Harry Anthony Patrinos.
Publisher:
World Bank,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
xvi, 251 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Educational tests and measurements--United States.
Educational accountability--United States.
Public schools--United States--Examinations.
School improvement programs.
Educational leadership.
Other Authors:
Filmer, Deon.
Patrinos, Harry Anthony.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
ch. 3 ch. 1 References Service Delivery Failure in the Developing World -- Three Core Strategies for More Accountable Education Systems -- Accountability and Evidence -- Notes -- References -- ch. 2 Information for Accountability -- How Information Can Increase Accountability -- and Outcomes -- Information for Accountability in High-Income Countries -- Information for Accountability in Middle- and Low-Income Countries -- Evaluating the Impact of Information-for-Accountability Interventions -- What Have We Learned? -- Conclusion: Beyond Proof of Concept -- Notes -- References -- ch. 3 School-Based Management -- Decentralization in School-Based Management -- Toward a Theory of School-Based Management -- Assessing the Evidence -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References
ch. 5 Note. Teacher Accountability Reforms: Why? -- Recent Global Experience with Teacher Accountability Reforms -- Contract Tenure Reforms -- Pay-for-Performance Reforms -- Designing Teacher Accountability Reforms -- Summary and Conclusions -- Annex: Rating the Design Features of Pay-for-Performance Programs -- Notes -- References -- ch. 5 Making Schools Work through Accountability Reforms -- Information-for-Accountability Strategies -- School-Based Management Strategies -- Teacher Contracting and Pay-for-Performance Strategies -- Linking Accountability Reforms -- External Validity: From Evaluated Programs to National Reforms -- The Political Economy of Service Delivery Reform -- Future Directions -- Note.
Series:
Human development perspectives
ISBN:
0821386808
9780821386804
0821386794 (alk. paper)
9780821386798 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)696773025
LCCN:
2010053396
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

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