Serving Public Interests in Educational Accountability: Alternative Approaches to Democratic Evaluation  

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Ryan, Katherine E.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: American Journal of Evaluation vol. 25 no. 4 (Dec. 2004), page 443–460.
Topik: Democratic Evaluation; Public Right; Society; Democratic; Social; Evaluation Theory; Evaluation Practice
Fulltext: 443.pdf (144.63KB)

Isi artikel

Today, educational evaluation theory and practice face a critical juncture with the kind of educational accountability evaluation legislated by No Child Left Behind. While the goal of this kind of educational accountability is to improve education, it is characterized by a hierarchical, top-down approach to improving educational achievement reflecting a climate of control and efficiency. Democratic evaluation is intended for contexts in which there are concerns about top-down control of management and education (MacDonald, B. & Kushner, S. (2004). Democratic evaluation. In S. Mathison (Ed.), The encyclopedia of evaluation. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage). This paper examines democratic evaluation approaches to see how these approaches might contribute to making educational accountability more democratic. Suggestions about how evaluators can serve public interests in developing a more democratic accountability are presented.

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