No single policymaker or provider is responsible for failing students. Rather, a complex web of policymakers and providers is responsible. The three key actors are: clients or customers of public services; direct service providers; and policymakers. The issue of accountability is also complicated by the difficulty in defining and measuring schooling outcomes.
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Strengthening Accountability n Public Education
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2004
Keywords: Strengthening Accountability in Public Education, Decentralization in Education Systems, Decentralization, Ecuador, Brazil
Report Cards and Accountability in Decentralized Education Systems
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2004
Keywords: Report Cards and Accountability in Decentralized Education Systems, Decentralization, Decentralization in Education Systems
Transparent and public information that is easily accessed and understood by parents and other stakeholders helps ensure accountability in decentralized education systems. Report cards are one way this information can be collected. Unfortunately, only a few are in use in developing countries.
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Report Cards and Accountability in Decentralized Education Systems
Type: Research
Year of Publishing: 2004
Keywords: Report Cards and Accountability in Decentralized Education Systems, Decentralization, Decentralization in Education Systems
Transparent and public information that is easily accessed and understood by parents and other stakeholders helps ensure accountability in decentralized education systems. Report cards are one way this information can be collected. Unfortunately, only a few are in use in developing countries.
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