The Disproportionate Erosion of Local Control: Urban School Boards, High-Stakes Accountability, and Democracy

Autor/in	Trujillo, Tina M.
Titel	The Disproportionate Erosion of Local Control: Urban School Boards, High-Stakes Accountability, and Democracy
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 27 (2013) 2, S.334-359 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904812465118
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; Boards of Education; High Stakes Tests; Accountability; Democracy; Governance; Academic Achievement; Interviews; Administrators; Board of Education Policy; State Policy; Public Policy; Educational Policy; Disadvantaged Schools; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Decision Making; Leadership Styles; Competition; Standardized Tests; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Ausschuss; Verantwortung; Demokratie; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Schulleistung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Politics of education; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Führungsstil; Wettkampf; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Kalifornien
Abstract	This case study of an urban school board's experiences under high-stakes accountability demonstrates how the district leaders eschewed democratic governance processes in favor of autocratic behaviors. They possessed narrowly defined goals for teaching and learning that emphasized competitive, individualized means of achievement. Their decision making was private; opportunities for local input were missing. They promoted centrally determined, standardized instructional and administrative practices, not locally driven ones. It concludes that accountability policies that are framed in terms of their potential to further democratic aims by granting greater liberty in exchange for results, and by holding all districts to the same high standards, may disproportionately reduce democratic control in urban settings. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10