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ERIC Number: EJ655018
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
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Complexity, Accountability, and School Improvement.
O'Day, Jennifer A.
Harvard Educational Review, v72 n3 p293-329 Fall 2002
Using complexity theory, examines standards-based accountability focused on improving school organization. Compares Chicago Public Schools' outcomes-based bureaucratic accountability approach with Baltimore City Schools' combined administrator-professional accountability. Concludes that the combined approach should result in more lasting change. (Contains 73 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Accountability, Bureaucracy, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Professional Personnel, School Organization, Standards
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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IES Cited: ED565615