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ERIC Number: EJ538762
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
Accountability and School Performance: Implications from Restructuring Schools.
Newmann, Fred M.; And Others
Harvard Educational Review, v67 n1 p41-74 Spr 1997
The theory that strong external accountability improves school performance fails to recognize the importance of internal accountability and insufficient efforts to develop organizational capacity. A study of 24 restructuring schools found that schools with strong external accountability tended to have low capacity; strong internal accountability reinforced capacity. (SK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, School Effectiveness, School Restructuring
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Organizational Capacity