Title Charter schools and accountability in public education / Paul T. Hill and Robin J. Lake with Mary Beth Celio

Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 125 pages) : illustrations Contents Charter schools and accountability -- Charter laws and politics -- Internal accountability -- Authorizing agencies -- Accountability to others -- Recommendations -- Learning from charter school accountability Summary "Charter schools are not fundamentally different from public magnet and specialty schools, yet their systems of accountability are unique - and controversial. Unlike public schools, charter schools enter into performance agreements with local school boards or other state agencies. If their students do not learn, the schools can be denied further public funds. In return for entering these performance agreements, charter schools are exempt from some regulations that apply to conventional public schools." "This book examines charter school accountability in theory and in fact. It represents an early effort to understand how new forms of accountability for public education actually work, in the process drawing lessons that are especially relevant to the standards-based reform movement." "The authors examined 150 schools and 60 authorizing agencies in six states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Massachusetts, and Michigan. They conducted extensive case studies of internal accountability relationships in 17 of the 150 schools, interviewing school principals, teachers, staff members, parents, governing board members, and authorizing agency officials. They supplemented the results of state and school case studies with data from a nationally representative survey of charter schools."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Charter schools -- United States -- Evaluation Educational accountability -- United States Education -- Standards -- United States. EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. EDUCATION -- Aims & Objectives. Charter schools -- Evaluation Education -- Standards Educational accountability Openbaar onderwijs. Particulier initiatief. Effectiviteit. Verantwoordingsplicht. United States Verenigde Staten. Form Electronic book Author Lake, Robin J Celio, Mary Beth ISBN 081579858X 9780815798583 9780815702665 0815702663 9780815702672 0815702671

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