The Next Generation of Basic Education Accountability in Alberta, Canada: A Policy Dialogue, 5(19)

Authors

  • John Burger
  • Art Aitken
  • Jim Brandon
  • Pat Klinck
  • Garry McKinnon
  • Sylvia Mutch

Abstract

The action research reported here considers extant issues regarding the design and implementation of the accountability model for basic education in Alberta, Canada. The paper reports a dialogue between accountability policy implementers and policy makers and considers how accountability processes can evolve into a more collaborative process. While accountability has long been a focus in schools, statutory requirements contained in the Alberta Government Accountability Act have altered perceptions and practice. Accountability would be most effective if the field and government purposes for component of practice. Similarly, a more dialectic approach to accountability would be facilitated by redesigned approaches to program evaluation and data analysis premised on richer, shared data that held meaning for practitioners as well as policy makers. The model of accountability illuminated in this paper, because it is more professional, comprehensive and transparent, points to the benefits that are achievable when those educators who are accountable feel personal and professional ownership for the accountability model mandated by the state.accountability were congruent and an inherent

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2001-01-01

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