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Looking Beyond the Numbers: Stakeholders and Multiple School Accountability

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  • Edith Hooge

    (Tilburg University)

  • Tracey Burns

    (OECD)

  • Harald Wilkoszewski

    (OECD)

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How to hold autonomous schools and school governing boards accountable for their decisions and performance has become a particularly pressing question for central governments in many OECD countries. Increasing complexity in education systems has led to a greater degree of freedom in decision making for many local authorities, school governing boards and schools. However despite this increasing decentralisation, central governments are still held responsible by the general public for ensuring high quality education. During the last ten years, school accountability has become a critical topic, triggered by the results of international benchmarks such as the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). This paper analyses trends in accountability mechanisms and processes and argues that vertical measures of accountability, that is, regulatory and school performance accountability, can be usefully augmented by horizontal measures involving multiple stakeholders. This system of multiple school accountability aims to efficiently and effectively take into account the nuanced nature and purposes of education. By combining various forms of accountability, it has the potential to enhance the overall education system, policy for reform, and therefore ultimately improve the quality of education. Comment rendre les écoles et leurs conseils d’administration plus responsables dans leurs prises de décisions et leur performance est une question pressante pour les gouvernements centraux, eu égard aux complexités croissantes, dans la majeure partie des pays de l’OCDE. L’une des meilleures réponses à cette complexité est la décentralisation de la prise de décisions administratives, c'est-à-dire l’octroît aux autorités locales, aux conseils d’administration et aux écoles d’un plus grand degré de liberté, dans leurs prises de décisions. Toutefois pour le grand public, en dépit d’une décentralisation accrue la responsabilité de garantir une éducation de très grande qualité incombe toujours aux gouvernements centraux. Ces dix dernières années, la responsabilité des écoles est un sujet crucial, déclenché par les résultats de critères internationaux tels que le Programme international pour le suivi des acquis des élèves (PISA) et l'Enquête internationale sur les mathématiques et les sciences (TIMSS). Ce document analyse les tendances de ces mécanismes et de ces processus et défend l'argument que la responsabilité verticale, qui est la plus répandue dans le système scolaire, peut-être enrichie par des mesures horizontales impliquant les parties prenantes. Ce système de partage des responsabilités a pour but de prendre en compte la nature nuancée et les différents propos de l'éducation. En combinant plusieurs formes de directions, il permet d'améliorer le système éducatif, les politiques de réformes, et par conséquent d'améliorer la qualité de l'éducation.

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  • Edith Hooge & Tracey Burns & Harald Wilkoszewski, 2012. "Looking Beyond the Numbers: Stakeholders and Multiple School Accountability," OECD Education Working Papers 85, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:eduaab:85-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5k91dl7ct6q6-en
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    1. Jerry Bagaya & Betty Akullu Ezati & Wycliffe Scot Wafula & Palle Damkjær Rasmussen, 2020. "School Inspection Practices - Evidence from Secondary Schools in Western Uganda," Journal of Education and Training, Macrothink Institute, vol. 7(1), pages 56-76, February.
    2. Delprato, Marcos & Chudgar, Amita, 2018. "Factors associated with private-public school performance: Analysis of TALIS-PISA link data," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 155-172.

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