Standards-Based Accountability in South Africa

Autor/in	Taylor, Nick
Titel	Standards-Based Accountability in South Africa
Quelle	In: School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 20 (2009) 3, S.341-356 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0924-3453
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Accountability; Academic Standards; Educational Assessment; Educational Indicators; Intervention; Educational Quality; Educational Malpractice; Audits (Verification); Social Change; School Effectiveness; Educational Improvement; Academic Achievement; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Verantwortung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsmisere; Sozialer Wandel; Schuleffizienz; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Schulleistung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The implementation of standards-based accountability (SBA) interventions aimed at improving school performance often focuses on the testing component, at the expense of capacity building. This was the case in South Africa when a SBA programme was instituted by government in 2000, which was accompanied by substantial rises in senior certificate pass rates between 2000 and 2003. Our analysis indicates that the bulk of these effects was achieved by manipulating the results by means of 4 measures: eliminating high-risk candidates, encouraging candidates to register at the easier standard grade, lowering the standard of examination questions, and raising raw scores during the moderation process. However, research results from other school improvement programmes in the country indicate that significant improvement in school performance is possible when capacity-building elements are combined with accountability measures. (Contains 4 notes, 1 table and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10