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ERIC Number: EJ530656
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Community Accountability: A Theory of Information, Accountability, and School Improvement.
Henry, Gary T.
Phi Delta Kappan, v78 n1 p85-90 Sep 1996
Punitive accountability systems rely on eternally induced motives (avoiding sanctions) to improve low-rung educational performance. Community accountability uses information to bring the public and its schools together and improve total school performance. Emphasis is on positive, internal mechanisms to motivate performance and use of market forces to sustain changes over time. (13 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Involvement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination, Marketing, Public Relations
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Community Accountability