A History of Accountability

"How to improve our public schools? Many policymakers argue that we can start by holding students, teachers, schools, and school districts accountable for student performance. This approach may sound perfectly reasonable—but it has the education profession up in arms."



For some background information on accountability in education, here is a link to an interesting article written by Diane Ravtich titled "A Brief History of Testing and Accountability". For the summarized version of this article, click here.