ERIC Number: EJ1023712
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1570-0763
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Education Stakeholders' Translation and Sense-Making of Accountability Policies
Werts, Amanda B.; Della Sala, Matt; Lindle, Jane; Horace, Jennifer M.; Brewer, Curtis; Knoeppel, Robert
Leadership and Policy in Schools, v12 n4 p397-419 2013
Scholars of education policy have consistently found that the capacity, beliefs, and values of local actors affect the relative success or failure of policy implementation. This article examines stakeholders' perceptions of education policy in South Carolina to consider the relationship between interpretations of education policy and attitudes of advocacy. Findings include that not only is the education system failing children, but it also sets up stakeholders, who care about education, to fail. The authors conclude that state-level education policy implementation plays an increasingly important role in shaping the message of education policy and ensuring the understandability of policy messages.
Descriptors: Accountability, Stakeholders, Educational Policy, State Policy, Advocacy, Educational Quality, Content Analysis, State Surveys, Educational History, Politics of Education, Parents, Teachers, Public Opinion, Business, Testing Programs, Coding, Knowledge Level, Mixed Methods Research
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Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Carolina
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