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The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview

The economics of school accountability

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Figlio, DN; Ladd, HF
January 20, 2020

Demands for more accountability and results-based incentive systems in K-12 education come from many directions and currently dominate much of the education policy discussion at both the state and federal levels in the United States (Ladd, 1996; Ladd & Hansen, 1999) and abroad (Burgess, Propper, Slater, & Wilson, 2005). Accountability in education is a broad concept that could be addressed in many ways: using political processes to assure democratic accountability, introducing market-based reforms to increase accountability to parents and children, developing peer-based accountability systems to increase the professional accountability of teachers, or using administrative accountability systems designed to drive the system toward higher student achievement. This article focuses on this last approach and pays particular attention to programs that focus on the individual school as the primary unit of accountability.

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9780128153918

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January 20, 2020

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567 / 575
 

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Figlio, D. N., & Ladd, H. F. (2020). The economics of school accountability. In The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview (pp. 567–575). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815391-8.00042-2
Figlio, D. N., and H. F. Ladd. “The economics of school accountability.” In The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview, 567–75, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815391-8.00042-2.
Figlio DN, Ladd HF. The economics of school accountability. In: The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview. 2020. p. 567–75.
Figlio, D. N., and H. F. Ladd. “The economics of school accountability.” The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview, 2020, pp. 567–75. Scopus, doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-815391-8.00042-2.
Figlio DN, Ladd HF. The economics of school accountability. The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview. 2020. p. 567–575.
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DOI

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9780128153918

Publication Date

January 20, 2020

Start / End Page

567 / 575