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Little, Priscilla – 1998
Interest is growing in planning and implementing new systems of holding child and family services accountable for results. The Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Project at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has supported and built upon recent state efforts to develop these new accountability systems for child and family services. The RBA…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Program Descriptions, Program Design
Schilder, Diane – 1998
Interest is growing in planning and implementing new systems of holding child and family services accountable for results. The Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Project at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has supported and built upon recent state efforts to develop these new accountability systems for child and family services. The RBA…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Program Descriptions, Program Design
Horsch, Karen – 1998
Interest is growing in planning and implementing new systems of holding child and family services accountable for results. The Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Project at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has supported and built upon recent state efforts to develop these new accountability systems for child and family services. The RBA…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Program Descriptions, Program Design
Schilder, Diane – 1998
Interest is growing in planning and implementing new systems of holding child and family services accountable for results. The Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Project at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has supported and built upon recent state efforts to develop these new accountability systems for child and family services. The RBA…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Program Descriptions, Program Design
Little, Priscilla – 1998
Interest is growing in planning and implementing new systems of holding child and family services accountable for results. The Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Project at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has supported and built upon recent state efforts to develop these new accountability systems for child and family services. The RBA…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Program Descriptions, Program Design
Horsch, Karen – 1998
Interest is growing in planning and implementing new systems of holding child and family services accountable for results. The Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Project at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has supported and built upon recent state efforts to develop these new accountability systems for child and family services. The RBA…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Program Descriptions, Program Design
Harvard Family Research Project, Cambridge, MA. – 1998
Interest is growing in planning and implementing new systems of holding child and family services accountable for results. The Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Project at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has supported and built upon recent state efforts to develop these new accountability systems for child and family services. This…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Program Descriptions, Program Design
Download full textOhio Board of Regents, 2004
Guided by a "Master Plan" and a legislative mandate, the work of the Regents has been far-reaching and widespread. But one of the greatest accomplishments over the past 40 years has been helping Ohio meet the higher education needs of its citizens. Enrollment at Ohio's public colleges and universities has increased from 115,157 students in 1963 to…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, State Aid
Peer reviewedImpara, James C.; And Others – Florida Reading Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Saterfiel, Thomas H. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1983
This case study shows how testing in Mississippi is used as an effective part of a statewide accountability and instructional improvement program. By using criterion-referenced testing as one aspect of a program evaluation requirement, Mississippi is basing instructional improvement on student performance. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Case Studies, Criterion Referenced Tests
Peer reviewedCorbin, Steven S.; Koster, John J. – Clearing House, 1981
Outlines the objectives, process, and tasks of New York State's school-based comprehensive planning system, implemented to meet accountability demands and budgetary cutbacks. Process diagrams and sample forms are included. (SJL)
Descriptors: Accountability, Charts, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Kleinert, Harold L.; Kearns, Jacqueline Farmer; Kennedy, Sarah – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 1997
This article describes the development of Kentucky's alternative assessment for students with disabilities, including the content and scoring standards for the Alternate Portfolio. Specific examples of entries at each grade are given. Initial implementation data are presented, and critical issues in the development of alternate statewide…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedKoretz, Daniel; Stecher, Brian; Klein, Stephen; McCaffrey, Daniel – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1994
Reports on an ongoing evaluation of the Vermont portfolio assessment program. Indicates that the positive news about the instructional effects of the assessment program are in contrast with the empirical findings about the quality of the data the program has yielded. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Based Assessment, Portfolio Assessment
Direct linkHoff, David J. – Education Week, 2005
State leaders have just begun counting the billions of dollars it will take for schools in the Gulf Coast region to recover from Hurricane Katrina. Schools around the country, meanwhile, continue to welcome the estimated 300,000-plus students displaced by the storm--some 50,000 of whom were learning that their home schools would likely be closed…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Natural Disasters, Accountability, Federal Regulation
Goertz, Margaret E. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2005
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires states to test specified subjects and grades, to establish minimum performance standards for students, schools and school districts, and to provide assistance and impose sanctions on schools and districts that do not meet performance goals as a condition of receiving federal aid. NCLB builds on…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Accountability, Financial Needs
