Internal Evaluation in American Public School Districts: The Importance of Externally Driven Accountability Mandates

Autor/inn/en	King, Jean A.; Rohmer-Hirt, Johnna A.
Titel	Internal Evaluation in American Public School Districts: The Importance of Externally Driven Accountability Mandates
Quelle	In: New Directions for Evaluation, (2011) 132, S.73-86 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1097-6736
DOI	10.1002/ev.397
Schlagwörter	Public Schools; Testing Programs; Standardized Tests; School Districts; Accountability; High Stakes Tests; Educational History; Educational Improvement; Program Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; Evaluation Utilization; Policy Formation; Policy Analysis; Administrative Policy; Administrative Principles; Federal Programs; Program Development; Politics of Education; Educational Policy; Minnesota; National Assessment of Educational Progress + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; School district; Schulbezirk; Verantwortung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Politische Betätigung; Politikfeldanalyse; Programmplanung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Politics of education
Abstract	From the 1980s to the present, educational accountability in the United States has grown dramatically. Such accountability in U.S. school districts, although driven primarily by external demands, has internal manifestations as well. The chapter traces the historical development of internal evaluation in American school districts, then highlights four current forms of internal evaluation (standardized testing programs, evaluations of externally funded programs, support for school improvement planning, and evaluation capacity building), along with a brief description of the decade-long development of internal evaluation in one school district. The unique features of internal evaluation in educational settings are highlighted, and the chapter concludes with implications of current practice for the continuing development of internal educational evaluation. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10