Accountability for Results

In the first phase, this project studied how schools of different types -- such as public schools and charter schools -- and in different policy contexts developed a sense of accountability to produce high-quality instructional results and how they developed the capacity to deliver such instruction. In the second phase, the study focused on the relationship between schools' internal accountability processes and their external accountability systems. The second phase of the study focused exclusively on public high schools -- comprehensive, selective, and charters.

Products:
All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different? (Edited by Luis Benveniste, Martin Carnoy, and Richard Rothstein, 2003). Available from RoutledgeFalmer, 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY, online orders: www.routledge-ny.com

Assessment and Accountability Across the 50 States. (Margaret E. Goertz and Mark C. Duffy, May 2001, No. RB-033)

Assessment and Accountability Systems in the 50 States: 1999-2000. (Margaret E. Goertz and Mark C. Duffy, May 2001, No. RR-046)

Can Public Schools Learn from Private Schools? Case Studies in the Public and Private Non-profit Sectors. (Richard Rothstein, Martin Carnoy, and Luis Benveniste, 1999)
Published by the Economic Policy Institute

Does External Accountability Affect Student Outcomes? A Cross-state Analysis (Martin Carnoy and Susanna Loeb, 2003). Article appeared in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Please e-mail us at cpre@gse.upenn.edu for a copy.

Do Higher State Test Scores in Texas Make for Better High School Outcomes?  (Martin Carnoy, Susanna Loeb, and Tiffany L. Smith, 2001, No. RR-047)

Holding Schools Accountable? Is It Working? (Richard F. Elmore and Susan H. Fuhrman, 2001). Article appeared in Phi Delta Kappan. Please e-mail us at cpre@gse.upenn.edu for a copy.

The New Accountability: High Schools and High Stakes Testing (Edited by Martin Carnoy, Richard F. Elmore, and Leslie Santee Siskin, 2003). Available from RoutledgeFalmer, 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY, online orders: www.routledge-ny.com

The New Accountability (Susan Fuhrman, January 1999, No. RB-027).

Patterns of Responses in Four High Schools Under State Accountability Policies in Vermont and New York (Elizabeth DeBray, Gail Parson, and Katrina Woodworth, 2001). Chapter in From the Capitol to the Classroom: Standards-based Reform in the States, edited by Susan H. Fuhrman. Please e-mail us at cpre@gse.upenn.edu for a copy of the chapter.

When Accountability Knocks, Will Anyone Answer? (Charles Abelmann and Richard Elmore, with Johanna Even, Susan Kenyon, and Joanne Marshall, March 1999, No. RR-042)