Charter School Authorizers and Charter School Accountability.

Autor/inn/en	Anderson, Lee; Finnigan, Kara
Institution	SRI International, Menlo Park, CA.
Titel	Charter School Authorizers and Charter School Accountability.
Quelle	(2001), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Accountability; Administrator Role; Administrators; Charter Schools; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik
Abstract	The accountability mismatch between the theory and the reality of charter schools and charter-school authorizers in the United States is identified in this report. The roles and characteristics of charter-school authorizers are not well understood, but they are positioned to play a key role in ensuring and enforcing charter-school accountability. This paper begins with an overview of the sample and methodology of the charter-school authorizer study. It is followed by a discussion of the theory and practice of charter-school accountability, presenting data on the role of authorizers. Charter-school accountability is then examined within the larger accountability policy context. The paper concludes with a discussion of the mismatch between the theory and reality of the accountability roles played by charter-school authorizers. Study findings suggest that the key roles authorizers play might become eclipsed by state assessment mandates and other accountability requirements. Charter-school level goal setting is also likely to be usurped by external accountability systems. Hence, the original vision of charter-school accountability is compromised by larger developments in the world of public-school accountability. (Contains 17 references and 6 tables.) (RT)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01