美国高等学校问责制形成动因及启示   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

冯遵永 《煤炭高等教育》2006,24(6):66-68

随着战后美国高等教育规模的扩张,办学经费的庞大预算促使其高校越来越依靠社会各个方面的支持,为此美国高等学校通过采用履行问责制来有效回应高等教育利益相关方的责任诉求,同时也顺应了高校自我生存和发展的内在需要。因此,问责制渐趋成为美国高等学校管理的制度化安排和科学化的象征。  相似文献   

Can a Teacher‐Led State Assessment System Work?     

Deborah L. Bandalos 《Educational Measurement》2004,23(2):33-40

Recent implementation of Nebraska's Standards-based Teacher-led Assessment and Reporting System (STARS) introduced a unique opportunity to examine the benefits and drawbacks of a teacher-led state assessment system. STARS is unique among state assessment systems in that statewide tests are replaced by locally developed assessments designed by teachers. Benefits of this system are found to be greater teacher use of results for instructional planning, greater diagnostic utility of the assessments, and gains in assessment literacy. Disadvantages include the time-consuming and stressful nature of creating localized assessments. Compatibility of STARS with the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act are discussed.  相似文献   

趋同抑或求异:英国高等教育质量保障的过去与未来     

沈伟 《高等教育研究》2018,(10):92-99

博洛尼亚进程有力推动了欧洲高等教育一体化,英国积极参与欧洲高等教育区建设,在质量保障方面与其保持高度一致,促进了欧洲高等教育的趋同发展。本文通过历史分析发现,英国高等教育质量保障系统包含科研评估、教学评估和机构审核,兼具质量改进与问责的双重功能,且表现出竞争导向、风险为本的市场问责发展趋势。在脱欧背景下,英格兰新成立的学生办公室也是高等教育国家干预与市场问责的进一步结合,并非英国的"求异"发展。英国乃至欧洲高等教育区的质量保障机制面临着机构多样性与标准相似性的张力,并将受到消费者"众口难调"质量观的挑战。  相似文献   

Response and Responsibility: Rethinking Accountability in Education     

ALISON M. BRADY 《Journal of Philosophy of Education》2021,55(1):25-40

Current conceptions of accountability imply that, in order for teachers to be able to hold themselves to account, they need first to have cultivated certain ‘professional dispositions’. But these conceptions fail to acknowledge the extent to which teachers are first and foremost accountable ‘as such’. For the early existentialist thought of the philosopher Jean‐Paul Sartre, this relates to a kind of responsibility premised on the ways in which we are always and inevitably responding to the world in which we find ourselves (with others). In this paper, I offer a reconceptualisation of teacher accountability in light of this, one that recognises implicit responses in classroom situations as underpinned by the subjectivity of those who bring these situations to light—often in subtle and immeasurable ways.  相似文献   

Evaluating Growth for ELL Students: Implications for Accountability Policies     

Joni M. Lakin  John W. Young 《Educational Measurement》2013,32(3):11-26

In recent years, many U.S. states have introduced growth models as part of their educational accountability systems. Although the validity of growth‐based accountability models has been evaluated for the general population, the impact of those models for English language learner (ELL) students, a growing segment of the student population, has not received sufficient attention. We evaluated three commonly used growth models: value tables or transition matrices, projection models, and student growth percentiles (SGP). The value table model identified more ELL students as on track to proficiency, but with lower accuracy for ELL students. The projection and SGP models were more accurate overall, but classified the fewest ELL students as on track and were less likely to identify ELL students who would later be proficient. We found that each model had significant trade‐offs in terms of the decisions made for ELL students. These findings should be replicated in additional state contexts and considered in the development of future growth‐based accountability policies.  相似文献   

和谐社会视野下的企业社会责任标准SA8000   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

郑启福 《温州大学学报(社会科学版)》2006,19(1):33-38

SA8000是全球第一个可用于第三方认证的企业社会责任国际标准,是国际社会责任运动的产物。SA8000旨在通过有道德的采购活动,改善全球劳工的工作条件,体现了对劳工权益的保护。在构建社会主义和谐社会的大背景下,针对我国目前劳工权益法律保护比较薄弱的现状,推行SA8000可以有效地协调劳资双方的关系,推动和谐劳动关系的形成与发展,从而促进社会主义和谐社会目标的实现。  相似文献   

多元学校问责:OECD国家教育治理的新趋势     

张雅慧  王阳  唐汉卫 《比较教育研究》2019,41(8):86-91

21世纪以来,受教育权力分散化、市场机制、参与式民主以及绩效问责不足等内外因素的影响,多元学校问责日益成为OECD国家教育治理的新兴方式。多元学校问责是指多个主体根据学校提供的数据和信息资源等对学校进行全方位监测,以促进学校教育质量的改善与提升。多元化的问责主体、多样性的问责方式、横向性的问责机制是多元学校问责的显著特征。在推进现代教育治理体系化背景下,多元学校问责已成为OECD国家基于各自国情而展开的一种实践方式,而精准识别利益相关主体、协调利益相关者之间的权力以及提高学校管理者的领导力也已然成为OECD国家有效实施多元学校问责的重要经验。  相似文献   

The impact of standards-based assessment on knowledge for history education in New Zealand     

Barbara Mary Ormond 《Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice》2019,26(2):143-165

This paper examines how a standards-based form of assessment in operation in New Zealand has impacted upon the knowledge taught to secondary history students. The segmentation of history into assessable components along with assessment mechanisms which encourage the reduction in the number of standards being attempted has impacted upon both the breadth and range of historical content in history programmes. The reduction in knowledge is problematic as it diminishes learners’ opportunities to draw connections between inter-related historical concepts from a wider knowledge base. Social realists have raised concerns about the reduced focus on knowledge in education and its effects in restricting students’ development of conceptual knowledge which enables higher order, more abstract thinking. Experiences of standards-based assessment for history in New Zealand are indicative of this reductive phenomenon. In a culture of accountability, standards-based assessment, as enacted in New Zealand, may impede delivery of critical knowledge.  相似文献   

The unintended consequences of school inspection: the prevalence of inspection side-effects in Austria,the Czech Republic,England, Ireland,the Netherlands,Sweden, and Switzerland     

Karen L. Jones  Peter Tymms  David Kemethofer  Joe O’Hara  Gerry McNamara  Stephan Huber 《牛津教育评论》2017,43(6):805-822

It has been widely documented that accountability systems, including school inspections, bring with them unintended side effects. These unintended effects are often negative and have the potential to undo the intended positive effects. However the empirical evidence is limited. Through a European comparative study we have had the rare opportunity to collect empirical evidence and study the effects (both intended and unintended) of school inspections (a key system of accountability) in a systematic way, across seven countries. We present the findings of the unintended effects in this paper. Survey self-report responses from school principals in each country, with differing school inspection systems, are analysed to measure the prevalence of these unintended effects and to investigate the part played by pressure to do well in inspections. A key finding is that increasing pressure in school inspection systems is associated with the undesired effect of the narrowing and refocusing of the curriculum and instructional strategies. We also show that a proportion of school principals admit to misrepresenting the school in data sent to the inspectorate and show evidence for formalisation/proceduralisation (excessive focus on records) and ossification (fear of experimentation in teaching), although these factors are less related to changes in pressure.  相似文献   

“自愿问责制”:美国高等教育问责制发展的新动向     

柳亮 《比较教育研究》2011,(2):81-85

近年来,"自愿问责制"(VSA)的兴起为美国公立学院和大学改革注入了新的活力,反映了美国公立院校领导层应对新挑战的基本思考。"大学肖像"模板是"自愿问责制"的主要实现形式,包含学生与家庭信息、学生经历与体会以及学生学习结果三个截面的内容,体现了整合性与集约化并举、规范化与弹性结合、创造性与渐进性兼顾等特点。虽然"自愿问责制"的发展伴随着质疑且存在一些有待解决的难题,但其发展对美国高等教育产生了重要影响。  相似文献